2001
Technetium-99m-labeled Myocardial Perfusion Agents: Are They Better than Thallium-201?
Kailasnath P, Sinusas A. Technetium-99m-labeled Myocardial Perfusion Agents: Are They Better than Thallium-201? Cardiology In Review 2001, 9: 160-172. PMID: 11304401, DOI: 10.1097/00045415-200105000-00009.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCoronary artery diseasePerfusion tracerPerfusion agentArtery diseaseMyocardial viabilityThallium-201Perfusion imagingMyocardial perfusion imagingRegional flow heterogeneityPharmacologic stressorChest painMyocardial perfusion agentRisk stratificationAcute assessmentNew perfusion agentTechnetium-99mClinical valueMyocardial uptakeIschemic regionAssessment of viabilityCoronary vasculatureMyocardial flowClearance kineticsMyocardial retentionTracer availability
1996
Quantitative comparison of single-isotope and dual-isotope stress-rest single-photon emission computed tomographic imaging for reversibility of defects
Siebelink H, Natale D, Sinusas A, Wackers F. Quantitative comparison of single-isotope and dual-isotope stress-rest single-photon emission computed tomographic imaging for reversibility of defects. Journal Of Nuclear Cardiology 1996, 3: 483-493. PMID: 8989673, DOI: 10.1016/s1071-3581(96)90058-6.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsDefect reversibilitySingle photon emissionDual-isotope SPECTNormal databaseStress-rest single-photon emissionTechnetium 99m-labeled sestamibiStress-induced myocardial ischemiaStress single-photon emissionPerfusion defect reversibilityPrior myocardial infarctionDefect sizeRest/stressSingle-isotope imagingMyocardial infarctionThallium SPECTMyocardial ischemiaIndividual patientsMyocardial perfusionThallium-201PatientsSestamibiCircumferential count profilesTomographic imagingImaging protocolDual-isotope imaging
1989
Effect of ischemia and postischemic dysfunction on myocardial uptake of technetium-99m-labeled methoxyisobutyl isonitrile and thallium-201
Sinusas A, Watson D, Cannon J, Beller G. Effect of ischemia and postischemic dysfunction on myocardial uptake of technetium-99m-labeled methoxyisobutyl isonitrile and thallium-201. Journal Of The American College Of Cardiology 1989, 14: 1785-1793. PMID: 2584570, DOI: 10.1016/0735-1097(89)90034-x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsLow coronary flowThallium-201Postischemic dysfunctionMyocardial uptakeArtery occlusionMethoxyisobutyl isonitrileEndocardial flowCoronary flowGroup II dogsTwo-dimensional echocardiographyEffects of ischemiaRegional blood flowOpen-chest canine modelMyocardial perfusion agentEpicardial segmentsRadionuclide injectionBlood flowEndocardial segmentsRegional dysfunctionIschemic regionLeft ventricleCanine modelDysfunctionGroup IPerfusion agent