2013
Rationale and Design of a Randomized Trial Comparing Initial Stress Echocardiography versus Coronary CT Angiography in Low‐to‐Intermediate Risk Emergency Department Patients with Chest Pain
Levsky J, Haramati L, Taub C, Spevack D, Menegus M, Travin M, Vega S, Lerer R, Brown‐Manhertz D, Hirschhorn E, Tobin J, Garcia M. Rationale and Design of a Randomized Trial Comparing Initial Stress Echocardiography versus Coronary CT Angiography in Low‐to‐Intermediate Risk Emergency Department Patients with Chest Pain. Echocardiography 2013, 31: 744-750. PMID: 24372760, DOI: 10.1111/echo.12464.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdultAged, 80 and overCausalityChest PainComorbidityCoronary AngiographyCoronary Artery DiseaseEchocardiographyEmergency Service, HospitalExercise TestFemaleHealth Care CostsHospitalizationHumansIncidenceMaleMiddle AgedNew YorkResearch DesignRisk AssessmentTomography, X-Ray ComputedYoung AdultConceptsTreadmill stress echocardiographyStress echocardiographyEmergency departmentComparative effectiveness researchChest painED chest pain patientsMajor adverse cardiovascular eventsRisk Emergency Department PatientsSignificant coronary artery diseaseED/hospitalAcute chest painAdverse cardiovascular eventsIncidence of hospitalizationChest pain patientsCoronary artery diseaseEmergency department patientsImaging modalitiesLength of stayCoronary CT angiographyDecrease healthcare expendituresNoninvasive diagnostic algorithmCost of careNoninvasive imaging modalityCardiovascular eventsObservational registry
2009
Ejection Fractions Determined by Cardiac Computed Tomographic Angiography and Single Photon Emission Computed Tomographic Myocardial Perfusion Imaging Are Not Interchangeable
Mehta A, Travin M, Levsky J, Jain V, Burton W, Haramati L. Ejection Fractions Determined by Cardiac Computed Tomographic Angiography and Single Photon Emission Computed Tomographic Myocardial Perfusion Imaging Are Not Interchangeable. Journal Of Computer Assisted Tomography 2009, 33: 489-497. PMID: 19638838, DOI: 10.1097/rct.0b013e3181a1c820.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsContrast MediaCoronary AngiographyElectrocardiographyExercise TestFemaleHeartHeart VentriclesHumansMaleMiddle AgedObserver VariationRadiographic Image EnhancementReproducibility of ResultsSex FactorsStroke VolumeTomography, Emission-Computed, Single-PhotonTomography, X-Ray ComputedTriiodobenzoic AcidsVentricular Dysfunction, LeftConceptsEnd-diastolic volumeEnd-systolic volumeHigher end-diastolic volumeMyocardial perfusion imagingQuantitative gated SPECTComputed tomographyEjection fractionVentricular volumeSingle-photon emission CT myocardial perfusion imagingVentricular ejection fractionCT myocardial perfusion imagingCardiac Computed Tomographic AngiographyComputed Tomographic AngiographyTomographic myocardial perfusionMultidetector Computed TomographyMultiple regression analysisRegression analysisSingle photon emissionBland-Altman plotsImaging evaluationTomographic angiographyLVEFPatient managementLVEF valuesMyocardial perfusionRationale and design of a randomized controlled trial comparing stress myocardial perfusion imaging with coronary CT angiography as the initial imaging study for intermediate-risk patients admitted with chest pain
Levsky J, Travin M, Spevack D, Menegus M, Huang P, Goldberg Y, Clark E, Banoth P, Freeman K, Tobin J, Haramati L. Rationale and design of a randomized controlled trial comparing stress myocardial perfusion imaging with coronary CT angiography as the initial imaging study for intermediate-risk patients admitted with chest pain. Journal Of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography 2009, 3: 264-271. PMID: 19577217, DOI: 10.1016/j.jcct.2009.05.006.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCoronary artery diseaseMyocardial perfusion imagingIntermediate-risk patientsChest painMajor adverse cardiovascular eventsRadionuclide myocardial perfusion imagingIntermediate-risk characteristicsSubsequent coronary revascularizationAdverse cardiovascular eventsEvaluation of patientsStress myocardial perfusionAcute myocardial infarctionClinical outcome endpointsInitial imaging studyNoninvasive cardiac imagingCoronary CT angiographyEvidence-based medicineTerms of outcomesCardiovascular eventsCoronary revascularizationHospital stayRenal dysfunctionSubsequent hospitalizationSecondary outcomesArtery disease