2024
Is PET the Best Screening Tool for Cardiac Assessment Prior to Renal Transplant?
Sinusas A, Asch W. Is PET the Best Screening Tool for Cardiac Assessment Prior to Renal Transplant? Circulation Cardiovascular Imaging 2024, 17: e016408. PMID: 38227693, DOI: 10.1161/circimaging.123.016408.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2020
Coronary Computed Tomography Angiography Compared With Single Photon Emission Computed Tomography Myocardial Perfusion Imaging as a Guide to Optimal Medical Therapy in Patients Presenting With Stable Angina: The RESCUE Trial
Stillman A, Gatsonis C, Lima J, Liu T, Snyder B, Cormack J, Malholtra V, Schnall M, Udelson J, Hoffmann U, Woodard P, Kim M, Hegde V, Kenny, Afaq M, Clouse M, Malhotra V, Cole, Al‐Khori F, Scherer M, Rothenberg F, Kirsch J, Shah A, Quyyumi A, Engberding N, Becker C, Li D, Pantelic M, Duerinckx A, Martin, Schrank J, Zachariah, Jacob R, Borges A, Roberge E, Truong Q, Edelman R, Akers S, Marsh K, Kemp, Reingold J, Chilakapati V, Osborne J, Lui K, Gomes A, Bajpai A, del Rio J, Singh, Thompson B, Rivard A, Jha S, Mavromatis K, Woodard P, Sinusas A. Coronary Computed Tomography Angiography Compared With Single Photon Emission Computed Tomography Myocardial Perfusion Imaging as a Guide to Optimal Medical Therapy in Patients Presenting With Stable Angina: The RESCUE Trial. Journal Of The American Heart Association 2020, 9: e017993. PMID: 33283579, PMCID: PMC7955393, DOI: 10.1161/jaha.120.017993.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMajor adverse cardiovascular eventsOptimal medical therapyAcute myocardial infarctionMedical therapyStable anginaMyocardial perfusion imagingMyocardial infarctionSingle photon emissionNegative CCTAHazard ratioRescue trialPerfusion imagingFirst major adverse cardiovascular eventTomography myocardial perfusion imagingSPECT myocardial perfusion imagingAdverse cardiovascular eventsOutcomes of patientsTomography myocardial perfusionFirst imaging testPhoton emissionCCTA armPositive CCTACardiovascular eventsSegment involvementOutcome trials
1993
Myocardial risk area defined by technetium-99m sestamibi imaging during percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty: Comparison with coronary angiography
Haronian H, Remetz M, Sinusas A, Baron J, Miller H, Cleman M, Zaret B, Wackers F. Myocardial risk area defined by technetium-99m sestamibi imaging during percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty: Comparison with coronary angiography. Journal Of The American College Of Cardiology 1993, 22: 1033-1043. PMID: 8409038, DOI: 10.1016/0735-1097(93)90413-u.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdultAgedAged, 80 and overAngioplasty, Balloon, CoronaryClinical ProtocolsCollateral CirculationCoronary AngiographyCoronary DiseaseEvaluation Studies as TopicFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedMyocardial InfarctionObserver VariationPredictive Value of TestsPrognosisReproducibility of ResultsRisk FactorsSeverity of Illness IndexTechnetium Tc 99m SestamibiTomography, Emission-Computed, Single-PhotonConceptsMyocardial risk areaCoronary angiographyCoronary angioplastyQuantitative myocardial perfusionMyocardial perfusionMyocardial areaPercutaneous transluminal coronary angioplastyAngiographic risk scoresSmall risk areasTransluminal coronary angioplastyCoronary artery diseaseCoronary artery stenosisInitial myocardial uptakeAngioplasty balloon inflationArtery diseaseLeft anteriorNonperfused areaArtery stenosisCoronary anatomyCoronary arteryBalloon inflationPatient managementMyocardial uptakeRisk scoreAngioplasty