2024
Artificial Intelligence Predicts Hospitalization for Acute Heart Failure Exacerbation in Patients Undergoing Myocardial Perfusion Imaging
Feher A, Bednarski B, Miller R, Shanbhag A, Lemley M, Miras L, Sinusas A, Miller E, Slomka P. Artificial Intelligence Predicts Hospitalization for Acute Heart Failure Exacerbation in Patients Undergoing Myocardial Perfusion Imaging. Journal Of Nuclear Medicine 2024, 65: jnumed.123.266761. PMID: 38548351, PMCID: PMC11064832, DOI: 10.2967/jnumed.123.266761.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMyocardial perfusion imagingHF hospitalizationHeart failureStress left ventricular ejection fractionPerfusion imagingHF exacerbationPredictive of HF hospitalizationsSPECT/CT myocardial perfusion imagingMyocardial perfusionInternational cohortAcute heart failure exacerbationMedian follow-upVentricular ejection fractionReceiver-operating-characteristic curveClinical risk factorsHeart failure exacerbationExternal validation cohortAcute HF exacerbationPrevent HF hospitalizationsImaging parametersCalcium scoreEjection fractionClinical parametersCT scanValidation cohort
2016
Visual identification of coronary calcifications on attenuation correction CT improves diagnostic accuracy of SPECT/CT myocardial perfusion imaging
Patchett ND, Pawar S, Miller EJ. Visual identification of coronary calcifications on attenuation correction CT improves diagnostic accuracy of SPECT/CT myocardial perfusion imaging. Journal Of Nuclear Cardiology 2016, 24: 711-720. PMID: 26850031, DOI: 10.1007/s12350-016-0395-5.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsArtifactsComputed Tomography AngiographyCoronary Artery DiseaseFemaleHumansImage EnhancementMaleMiddle AgedMyocardial Perfusion ImagingObserver VariationReproducibility of ResultsSensitivity and SpecificitySingle Photon Emission Computed Tomography Computed TomographyUser-Computer InterfaceVascular CalcificationConceptsCoronary artery calciumMyocardial perfusion imagingCT myocardial perfusion imagingSPECT/CT myocardial perfusion imagingInvasive coronary angiographyAttenuation correction CTCause mortalityLate revascularizationAbsence of CACAccuracy of MPIRetrospective chart reviewFalse-positive studiesCT myocardial perfusionArtery calciumChart reviewHazard ratioConsecutive patientsCoronary angiographyCoronary calcificationRisk stratificationRisk markersMore MIsCT scanMyocardial perfusionPatients