2018
Serial Assessment of Coronary Flow Reserve by Rubidium-82 Positron Emission Tomography Predicts Mortality in Heart Transplant Recipients
Feher A, Srivastava A, Quail MA, Boutagy NE, Khanna P, Wilson L, Miller EJ, Liu YH, Lee F, Sinusas AJ. Serial Assessment of Coronary Flow Reserve by Rubidium-82 Positron Emission Tomography Predicts Mortality in Heart Transplant Recipients. JACC Cardiovascular Imaging 2018, 13: 109-120. PMID: 30343093, PMCID: PMC6461525, DOI: 10.1016/j.jcmg.2018.08.025.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAgedCoronary Artery DiseaseFemaleFractional Flow Reserve, MyocardialHeart TransplantationHumansMaleMiddle AgedMyocardial Perfusion ImagingPositron-Emission TomographyPredictive Value of TestsProspective StudiesRadiopharmaceuticalsReproducibility of ResultsRubidium RadioisotopesTime FactorsTreatment OutcomeConceptsPositron emission tomographyLong-term prognostic valueSerial assessmentPET-2Pet-1Cause mortalityHT patientsPrognostic valueHigh CFRLow CFRRb positron-emission tomographyEmission tomographyRb-82 positron emission tomographyRubidium-82 positron emission tomographyPET imagingHeart transplantation patientsHistory of HTCardiac allograft vasculopathyHeart transplant recipientsLong-term mortalitySingle-center studyMultivariate Cox regressionCoronary flow reserveAllograft vasculopathyHT recipients
2015
Radiotracer Imaging of Peripheral Vascular Disease.
Stacy M, Zhou W, Sinusas A. Radiotracer Imaging of Peripheral Vascular Disease. Journal Of Nuclear Medicine Technology 2015, 43: 185-92. PMID: 26338845, DOI: 10.2967/jnumed.112.115105.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2014
Biodistribution and Radiation Dosimetry of LMI1195: First-in-Human Study of a Novel 18F-Labeled Tracer for Imaging Myocardial Innervation
Sinusas AJ, Lazewatsky J, Brunetti J, Heller G, Srivastava A, Liu YH, Sparks R, Puretskiy A, Lin SF, Crane P, Carson RE, Lee LV. Biodistribution and Radiation Dosimetry of LMI1195: First-in-Human Study of a Novel 18F-Labeled Tracer for Imaging Myocardial Innervation. Journal Of Nuclear Medicine 2014, 55: 1445-1451. PMID: 24994931, DOI: 10.2967/jnumed.114.140137.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdultFemaleFluorine RadioisotopesFluorobenzenesGuanidinesHeartHumansMaleRadiometryRadionuclide ImagingRadiopharmaceuticalsTissue DistributionConceptsAdministered activityBlood-pool standardized uptake valuesPhase 1 clinical trialCardiac nerve terminalsCardiac imagingMSv/MBqMean effective doseStandardized uptake valueRadiation doseOLINDA/EXMPatient radiation doseRadiation dose estimatesAdverse eventsBlood pressureWhole-body imagesClinical trialsBlood radioactivityMyocardial innervationNerve terminalsUrinary bladderHealthy subjectsLiver ratioHeart rateLung activityMyocardial uptake
2001
Comparison of Tl-201 with Tc-99m–labeled myocardial perfusion agents: Technical, physiologic, and clinical issues
Kailasnath P, Sinusas A. Comparison of Tl-201 with Tc-99m–labeled myocardial perfusion agents: Technical, physiologic, and clinical issues. Journal Of Nuclear Cardiology 2001, 8: 482-498. PMID: 11481571, DOI: 10.1067/mnc.2001.115078.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2000
Technetium 99m-N-NOET: Although not equivalent to thallium-201, it still offers new opportunities
Sinusas A. Technetium 99m-N-NOET: Although not equivalent to thallium-201, it still offers new opportunities. Journal Of Nuclear Cardiology 2000, 7: 185-188. PMID: 10796010, DOI: 10.1016/s1071-3581(00)90043-6.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
1999
Quantification of regional myocardial wall thickening on electrocardiogram-gated SPECT imaging
Shen M, Liu Y, Sinusas A, Fetterman R, Bruni W, Drozhinin O, Zaret B, Wackers F. Quantification of regional myocardial wall thickening on electrocardiogram-gated SPECT imaging. Journal Of Nuclear Cardiology 1999, 6: 583-595. PMID: 10608585, DOI: 10.1016/s1071-3581(99)90095-8.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAlgorithmsComputer SimulationDiastoleElectrocardiographyHeart VentriclesHumansImage Processing, Computer-AssistedModels, CardiovascularMyocardial InfarctionObserver VariationPhantoms, ImagingPilot ProjectsRadiopharmaceuticalsReproducibility of ResultsSoftwareSystoleTechnetium Tc 99m SestamibiTomography, Emission-Computed, Single-PhotonVentricular Function, LeftVentricular RemodelingVentriculography, First-PassConceptsPrior myocardial infarctionRegional wall thickeningNormal subjectsMyocardial infarctionWall thickeningNormal wall thickeningPilot studyRegional left ventricular functionLeft ventricular functionAbnormal wall thickeningPercent count increaseECG-gated SPECT imagesSingle photon emissionSPECT imagesCardiac cycleLeft ventricular wallReproducibility of interpretationRegional left ventricular wallPrior infarctionCoronary diseaseVentricular functionValidation studyInfarct areaNormal rangeAnatomic areasThe potential for myocardial imaging with hypoxia markers
Sinusas A. The potential for myocardial imaging with hypoxia markers. Seminars In Nuclear Medicine 1999, 29: 330-338. PMID: 10534235, DOI: 10.1016/s0001-2998(99)80020-8.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
1998
Experimental evaluation of radiotracers: Role of intact biological models
Sinusas A. Experimental evaluation of radiotracers: Role of intact biological models. Journal Of Nuclear Cardiology 1998, 5: 167-183. PMID: 9588669, DOI: 10.1016/s1071-3581(98)90200-8.Peer-Reviewed Original Research