2021
Impaired Myocardial Flow Reserve on 82Rubidium Positron Emission Tomography/Computed Tomography in Patients With Systemic Sclerosis.
Feher A, Boutagy NE, Oikonomou EK, Thorn S, Liu YH, Miller EJ, Sinusas AJ, Hinchcliff M. Impaired Myocardial Flow Reserve on 82Rubidium Positron Emission Tomography/Computed Tomography in Patients With Systemic Sclerosis. The Journal Of Rheumatology 2021, 48: 1574-1582. PMID: 34266986, PMCID: PMC10275580, DOI: 10.3899/jrheum.210040.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsReduced Myocardial Flow ReserveMyocardial flow reserveRaynaud's phenomenonPrimary Raynaud's phenomenonSecondary Raynaud's phenomenonPatient controlsHealthy participantsFlow reservePositron Emission Tomography/Computed TomographyEmission Tomography/Computed TomographyTomography/Computed TomographyPositron emission tomography/Impaired Myocardial Flow ReserveCoronary microvascular dysfunctionLarge prospective studiesMultivariable logistic regressionEmission tomography/PET/CTSSc-RPMicrovascular dysfunctionClinical predictorsIndependent predictorsSystemic sclerosisPrognostic valueProspective study
2019
Noninvasive In Vivo Quantification of Adeno-Associated Virus Serotype 9–Mediated Expression of the Sodium/Iodide Symporter Under Hindlimb Ischemia and Neuraminidase Desialylation in Skeletal Muscle Using Single-Photon Emission Computed Tomography/Computed Tomography
Boutagy NE, Ravera S, Papademetris X, Onofrey JA, Zhuang ZW, Wu J, Feher A, Stacy MR, French BA, Annex BH, Carrasco N, Sinusas AJ. Noninvasive In Vivo Quantification of Adeno-Associated Virus Serotype 9–Mediated Expression of the Sodium/Iodide Symporter Under Hindlimb Ischemia and Neuraminidase Desialylation in Skeletal Muscle Using Single-Photon Emission Computed Tomography/Computed Tomography. Circulation Cardiovascular Imaging 2019, 12: e009063. PMID: 31296047, PMCID: PMC6629470, DOI: 10.1161/circimaging.119.009063.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMicro-single photon emissionSingle photon emissionHindlimb ischemiaTomography/Tomography/Computed TomographyIschemic gastrocnemius muscleNIS inhibitor perchloratePeripheral artery diseaseSkeletal muscleUnilateral hindlimb ischemiaAdeno-Associated Virus Serotype 9Standardized uptake valueSodium/iodide symporterVivo quantificationVirus serotype 9Vivo validationNonischemic limbsArtery diseaseNonischemic muscleC57BL/6J miceMurine modelGastrocnemius muscleComputed tomographyIschemic conditionsRadiotracer uptake