2016
Equilibrium gated radionuclide angiocardiography: Its invention, rise, and decline and … comeback?
Wackers FJ. Equilibrium gated radionuclide angiocardiography: Its invention, rise, and decline and … comeback? Journal Of Nuclear Cardiology 2016, 23: 362-365. PMID: 26818145, DOI: 10.1007/s12350-016-0414-6.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
1998
Effects of Mental Stress on Left Ventricular and Peripheral Vascular Performance in Patients With Coronary Artery Disease
Jain D, Shaker M, Burg M, Wackers F, Soufer R, Zaret B. Effects of Mental Stress on Left Ventricular and Peripheral Vascular Performance in Patients With Coronary Artery Disease. Journal Of The American College Of Cardiology 1998, 31: 1314-1322. PMID: 9581726, DOI: 10.1016/s0735-1097(98)00092-8.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsLeft ventricular ejection fractionPeripheral vascular resistanceCoronary artery diseaseRate-pressure productStress-induced fallSystolic blood pressureArtery diseaseBlood pressureCardiac outputHeart rateMental stressGroup IHemodynamic variablesAnger recallGroup IIMental stressorsEnd-systolic ventricular elastanceMental stress-induced changesSemisupine bicycle exerciseGroup II patientsComparable increaseDiastolic blood pressureVentricular ejection fractionExercise-induced changesVascular resistance
1982
Gold-195m, a new generator-produced short-lived radionuclide for sequential assessment of ventricular performance by first pass radionuclide angiocardiography
Wackers F, Giles R, Hoffer P, Lange R, Berger H, Zaret B, Pytlik L, Plankey M. Gold-195m, a new generator-produced short-lived radionuclide for sequential assessment of ventricular performance by first pass radionuclide angiocardiography. The American Journal Of Cardiology 1982, 50: 89-94. PMID: 7046410, DOI: 10.1016/0002-9149(82)90013-3.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
1981
Multigated equilibrium radionuclide angiocardiography: improved detection of left ventricular wall motion abnormalities and aneurysms by the addition of the left lateral view.
Kelly MJ, Giles RW, Simon TR, Berger HJ, Langou RA, Zaret BL, Wackers FJ. Multigated equilibrium radionuclide angiocardiography: improved detection of left ventricular wall motion abnormalities and aneurysms by the addition of the left lateral view. Radiology 1981, 139: 167-73. PMID: 7208919, DOI: 10.1148/radiology.139.1.7208919.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
1979
Multiple gated cardiac blood pool imaging for left ventricular ejection fraction: Validation of the technique and assessment of variability
Wackers F, Berger H, Johnstone D, Goldman L, Reduto L, Langou R, Gottschalk A, Zaret B, Quartararo L, Pytlik L. Multiple gated cardiac blood pool imaging for left ventricular ejection fraction: Validation of the technique and assessment of variability. The American Journal Of Cardiology 1979, 43: 1159-1166. PMID: 443176, DOI: 10.1016/0002-9149(79)90148-6.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsEjection fractionAbsolute ejection fractionLeft ventricular ejection fractionCardiac blood pool imagingVentricular ejection fractionFirst-pass radionuclide angiocardiographyBlood pool imagingRadionuclide angiocardiographyContrast angiographyRepeat studyPatientsAbnormal patientsSeparate daysInterobserver variabilitySame dayDifferent daysDaysAngiographyAngiocardiography