2006
Long-term assessment of cardiac function after dose-dense and -intense sequential doxorubicin (A), paclitaxel (T), and cyclophosphamide (C) as adjuvant therapy for high risk breast cancer
Abu-Khalaf MM, Juneja V, Chung GG, DiGiovanna MP, Sipples R, McGurk M, Zelterman D, Haffty B, Reiss M, Wackers FJ, Lee FA, Burtness BA. Long-term assessment of cardiac function after dose-dense and -intense sequential doxorubicin (A), paclitaxel (T), and cyclophosphamide (C) as adjuvant therapy for high risk breast cancer. Breast Cancer Research And Treatment 2006, 104: 341-349. PMID: 17051423, DOI: 10.1007/s10549-006-9413-7.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsLeft ventricular ejection fractionEnd of chemotherapyEquilibrium radionuclide angiographyBreast cancerAdjuvant therapySequential doxorubicinCardiac functionIpsilateral axillary lymph nodesHigh-risk breast cancerRisk breast cancerClinical heart failureInitiation of chemotherapyAxillary lymph nodesVentricular ejection fractionEnd of therapyLong-term cardiotoxicityMedian absolute changeEligible patientsFilgrastim supportLate cardiotoxicityAxillary nodesAsymptomatic declineEjection fractionHeart failureLymph nodes
2001
Cardiac responses to insulin-induced hypoglycemia in nondiabetic and intensively treated type 1 diabetic patients
Russell R, Chyun D, Song S, Sherwin R, Tamborlane W, Lee F, Pfeifer M, Rife F, Wackers F, Young L. Cardiac responses to insulin-induced hypoglycemia in nondiabetic and intensively treated type 1 diabetic patients. AJP Endocrinology And Metabolism 2001, 281: e1029-e1036. PMID: 11595660, DOI: 10.1152/ajpendo.2001.281.5.e1029.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdultCardiac OutputCatecholaminesChemical PrecipitationDiabetes Mellitus, Type 1DiastoleEpinephrineFatty Acids, NonesterifiedFemaleGlucagonGlucose Clamp TechniqueHeartHeart RateHumansHydrocortisoneHypoglycemiaInsulinLactic AcidMaleNorepinephrinePolyethylene GlycolsStroke VolumeSystoleVentricular Function, LeftConceptsType 1 diabetic patientsInsulin-induced hypoglycemiaNondiabetic groupType 1 diabetesDiabetic subjectsEuglycemic hyperinsulinemiaDiabetic patientsNondiabetic subjectsCardiac responseLeft ventricular systolicHealthy nondiabetic subjectsEquilibrium radionuclide angiographyDiabetic groupDiastolic functionVentricular systolicCardiovascular consequencesVentricular functionBlunted increaseCardiac outputGlucagon concentrationsPlasma catecholaminesRadionuclide angiographyInsulin infusionEuglycemic conditionsHypoglycemia
1996
Prognostic value of noninvasive testing one year after orthotopic cardiac transplantation
Verhoeven P, Lee F, Ramahi T, Franco K, de Leon C, Amatruda J, Gorham N, Mattera J, Wackers F. Prognostic value of noninvasive testing one year after orthotopic cardiac transplantation. Journal Of The American College Of Cardiology 1996, 28: 183-189. PMID: 8752812, DOI: 10.1016/0735-1097(96)00094-0.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCoronary artery vasculopathyOrthotopic cardiac transplantationCardiac transplantationEquilibrium radionuclide angiographyPrognostic valueRadionuclide angiographyClinical variablesNoninvasive testingHuman leukocyte antigen mismatchesStress thallium-201 imagingThallium-201 myocardial perfusion imagingConsecutive transplant recipientsRoutine noninvasive testingStress myocardial imagingCold ischemic timeStress myocardial perfusionThallium-201 imagingTwo-dimensional echocardiographyNoninvasive diagnostic testingMyocardial perfusion imagingOnly significant predictorAntigen mismatchesLate deathsTransplant recipientsIschemic timeComparison and reproducibility of visual echocardiographic and quantitative radionyclide left ventricular ejection fractions
van Royen N, Jaffe C, Krumholz H, Johnson K, Lynch P, Natale D, Atkinson P, Demon P, Wackers F. Comparison and reproducibility of visual echocardiographic and quantitative radionyclide left ventricular ejection fractions. The American Journal Of Cardiology 1996, 77: 843-850. PMID: 8623737, DOI: 10.1016/s0002-9149(97)89179-5.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsEquilibrium radionuclide angiographyVentricular ejection fractionEjection fractionRadionuclide angiographyEchocardiographic LVEFEquilibrium radionuclideRadionuclide LVEFClinical relevanceLeft ventricular ejection fractionCorrelation of LVEFDetermination of LVEFPatient management decisionsPotential clinical relevanceRelevant differencesInter-observer reproducibilityStable patientsLV functionLimits of agreementLVEFIndividual patientsRepeat assessmentEchocardiographyAngiographyBlinded analysisRepeat analysis
1987
Right ventricular myocardial infarction with anterior wall left ventricular infarction: An autopsy study
Cabin H, Clubb K, Wackers F, Zaret B. Right ventricular myocardial infarction with anterior wall left ventricular infarction: An autopsy study. American Heart Journal 1987, 113: 16-23. PMID: 3799430, DOI: 10.1016/0002-8703(87)90004-4.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsRight ventricular myocardial infarctionVentricular myocardial infarctionAnterior myocardial infarctionMyocardial infarctionVentricular infarctionVentricular free wallRadionuclide angiographyVentricular infarctAnterior wallFree wallInferior left ventricular infarctionRight ventricular free wallRight ventricular dysfunctionRight ventricular infarctRight ventricular necrosisLeft ventricular infarctionLeft ventricular free wallEquilibrium radionuclide angiographyVentricular necrosisVentricular dysfunctionAutopsy studyGlobal dysfunctionInfarctionTherapeutic implicationsClinical importance