2005
Differential effects of filtering and attenuation correction on assessments of left ventricular volumes and ejection fraction from ECG-gated SPECT: Evaluation of four different software
Tsatkin V, Wackers F, Liu Y. Differential effects of filtering and attenuation correction on assessments of left ventricular volumes and ejection fraction from ECG-gated SPECT: Evaluation of four different software. Journal Of Nuclear Cardiology 2005, 12: s73. DOI: 10.1016/j.nuclcard.2004.12.179.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchDifferential effects of filtering and attenuation correction on assessments of left ventricular volumes and ejection fraction from ECG-gated SPECT: Evaluation of four different software
Tsatkin V, Wackers F, Liu Y. Differential effects of filtering and attenuation correction on assessments of left ventricular volumes and ejection fraction from ECG-gated SPECT: Evaluation of four different software. Journal Of Nuclear Cardiology 2005, 12: s73. DOI: 10.1016/j.nuclcard.2004.12.227.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2003
Comparison of 16-frame and 8-frame gated SPET imaging for determination of left ventricular volumes and ejection fraction
Navare SM, Wackers FJ, Liu YH. Comparison of 16-frame and 8-frame gated SPET imaging for determination of left ventricular volumes and ejection fraction. European Journal Of Nuclear Medicine And Molecular Imaging 2003, 30: 1330-1337. PMID: 12838373, DOI: 10.1007/s00259-003-1231-0.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSingle photon emission tomographyEnd-diastolic volumeEnd-systolic volumePerfusion defectsEjection fractionMyocardial perfusionSPET imagesLV volumesLeft ventricular end-diastolic volumeVentricular end-diastolic volumeSmaller end-systolic volumeLarger end-diastolic volumeSignificant perfusion defectsMyocardial perfusion defectsRadiotracer doseHigher LVEFVentricular functionLow doseVentricular volumeEmission tomographyLV parametersDoseLVEFECG gatingPatients
2000
Effect of left ventricular volume on results of coronary artery bypass grafting
Kim R, Ugurlu B, Tereb D, Wackers F, Tellides G, Elefteriades J. Effect of left ventricular volume on results of coronary artery bypass grafting. The American Journal Of Cardiology 2000, 86: 1261-1264. PMID: 11090805, DOI: 10.1016/s0002-9149(00)01216-9.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCoronary artery bypassArtery bypassSignificant left ventricular dilationLeft ventricular dilationLV chamber sizeLV ejection fractionMedium-term survivalSurgical revascularizationAngina symptomsEjection fractionIschemic cardiomyopathyLV dilationVentricular dilationVentricular sizeVentricular volumePatientsSignificant reductionBypassChamber sizeDilationRevascularizationCardiomyopathySymptomsReproducibility and accuracy of gated SPECT for determination of left ventricular volumes and ejection fraction: experimental validation using MRI.
Vallejo E, Dione DP, Bruni WL, Constable RT, Borek PP, Soares JP, Carr JG, Condos SG, Wackers FJ, Sinusas AJ. Reproducibility and accuracy of gated SPECT for determination of left ventricular volumes and ejection fraction: experimental validation using MRI. Journal Of Nuclear Medicine 2000, 41: 874-82; discussion 883-6. PMID: 10809204.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
1988
Peak filling rate normalized to mitral stroke volume: A new Doppler echocardiographic filling index validated by radionuclide angiographic techniques
Bowman L, Lee F, Jaffe C, Mattera J, Wackers F, Zaret B. Peak filling rate normalized to mitral stroke volume: A new Doppler echocardiographic filling index validated by radionuclide angiographic techniques. Journal Of The American College Of Cardiology 1988, 12: 937-943. PMID: 3417992, DOI: 10.1016/0735-1097(88)90458-5.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPeak filling rateMitral stroke volumeMean peak filling rateEnd-diastolic volumeStroke volumeFilling indexDoppler echocardiographyNormal patientsFilling velocityEarly peak filling velocityLate filling ratioEarly filling velocityDiastolic filling indexesLeft ventricular fillingTime-velocity integralPeak filling velocityRadionuclide angiographic techniquesFilling rateMitral inflowVentricular fillingMitral leafletEchocardiographic determinationMitral apparatusVelocity integralVentricular volume