2024
The Updated Registry of Fast Myocardial Perfusion Imaging with Next-Generation SPECT (REFINE SPECT 2.0).
Miller R, Lemley M, Shanbhag A, Ramirez G, Liang J, Builoff V, Kavanagh P, Sharir T, Hauser M, Ruddy T, Fish M, Bateman T, Acampa W, Einstein A, Dorbala S, Di Carli M, Feher A, Miller E, Sinusas A, Halcox J, Martins M, Kaufmann P, Dey D, Berman D, Slomka P. The Updated Registry of Fast Myocardial Perfusion Imaging with Next-Generation SPECT (REFINE SPECT 2.0). Journal Of Nuclear Medicine 2024, jnumed.124.268292. PMID: 39362762, DOI: 10.2967/jnumed.124.268292.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCoronary artery calciumCT attenuation correction imagesStress total perfusion deficitMyocardial perfusion imagingTotal perfusion deficitAttenuation correction imagesPerfusion imagingREFINE SPECTImprove prediction of adverse outcomesPerfusion deficitsSPECT myocardial perfusion imagingIncreased risk of MACEPredictive of adverse outcomesMedian follow-upInvasive coronary angiographyRisk of MACEAdverse cardiovascular eventsCAC scoreExperience MACECoronary angiographyArtery calciumInternational registryCardiovascular eventsFollow-upClinical dataAssociation between 82Rb positron emission tomography-derived regional myocardial blood flow, severity of angiographic coronary artery stenosis, and mortality in patients with chest pain
Gallegos C, Paredes C, Hu J, Posada E, Saito Y, Lansky A, Shah S, Liu Y, Smolderen K, Mena-Hurtado C, Sinusas A, Miller E. Association between 82Rb positron emission tomography-derived regional myocardial blood flow, severity of angiographic coronary artery stenosis, and mortality in patients with chest pain. Advances In Radiotherapy & Nuclear Medicine 2024, 2: 3786. DOI: 10.36922/arnm.3786.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMyocardial flow reserveGlobal myocardial flow reserveQuantitative coronary angiographyAssociated with increased all-cause mortalityPositron emission tomographyCoronary artery stenosis severityMyocardial blood flowAll-cause mortalityCoronary angiographyChest painStenosis severityAngiographic coronary artery stenosisResting myocardial blood flowAcute chest painBlood flowInvasive coronary angiographyLeft circumflex arteryLeft descending arteryRight coronary arteryCoronary artery stenosisStress testCoronary stenosis severityCardiovascular eventsDescending arteryWeak correlation
2021
Impact of age, sex, and cardiac size on the diagnostic performance of myocardial perfusion single-photon emission computed tomography: insights from the REFINE SPECT registry
Randazzo M, Elias P, Poterucha T, Sharir T, Fish M, Ruddy T, Kaufmann P, Sinusas A, Miller E, Bateman T, Dorbala S, Di Carli M, Berman D, Slomka P, Einstein A. Impact of age, sex, and cardiac size on the diagnostic performance of myocardial perfusion single-photon emission computed tomography: insights from the REFINE SPECT registry. European Heart Journal 2021, 42: ehab724.0254. DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehab724.0254.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCoronary artery diseaseElderly patientsImpact of ageSingle photon emissionDiagnostic performanceYounger patientsFemale patientsCardiac sizeSPECT-MPILower EDVCardiac volumesObstructive coronary artery diseasePrediction of CADTomography myocardial perfusion imagingMyocardial perfusion single-photon emissionDiagnostic accuracyPerfusion single-photon emissionCardiac event rateStress total perfusion deficitReceiver-operating characteristic curveInvasive coronary angiographyEnd-diastolic volumeCardiac chamber sizeAlternative diagnostic modalityTotal perfusion deficit