2024
The Updated Registry of Fast Myocardial Perfusion Imaging with Next-Generation SPECT (REFINE SPECT 2.0).
Miller R, Lemley M, Shanbhag A, Ramirez G, Liang J, Builoff V, Kavanagh P, Sharir T, Hauser M, Ruddy T, Fish M, Bateman T, Acampa W, Einstein A, Dorbala S, Di Carli M, Feher A, Miller E, Sinusas A, Halcox J, Martins M, Kaufmann P, Dey D, Berman D, Slomka P. The Updated Registry of Fast Myocardial Perfusion Imaging with Next-Generation SPECT (REFINE SPECT 2.0). Journal Of Nuclear Medicine 2024, 65: 1795-1801. PMID: 39362762, PMCID: PMC11533915, DOI: 10.2967/jnumed.124.268292.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCoronary artery calciumCT attenuation correction imagesStress total perfusion deficitMyocardial perfusion imagingTotal perfusion deficitAttenuation correction imagesPerfusion imagingREFINE SPECTImprove prediction of adverse outcomesPerfusion deficitsSPECT myocardial perfusion imagingIncreased risk of MACEPredictive of adverse outcomesMedian follow-upInvasive coronary angiographyRisk of MACEAdverse cardiovascular eventsCAC scoreExperience MACECoronary angiographyArtery calciumInternational registryCardiovascular eventsFollow-upClinical data
2022
Machine learning to predict abnormal myocardial perfusion from pre-test features
Miller RJH, Hauser MT, Sharir T, Einstein AJ, Fish MB, Ruddy TD, Kaufmann PA, Sinusas AJ, Miller EJ, Bateman TM, Dorbala S, Di Carli M, Huang C, Liang JX, Han D, Dey D, Berman DS, Slomka PJ. Machine learning to predict abnormal myocardial perfusion from pre-test features. Journal Of Nuclear Cardiology 2022, 29: 2393-2403. PMID: 35672567, PMCID: PMC9588501, DOI: 10.1007/s12350-022-03012-6.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAbnormal myocardial perfusionAbnormal perfusionMyocardial perfusionDiamond-Forrester modelCAD consortiumConsecutive patientsInternational registryPre-test informationSPECT-MPIClinical informationPhysician's decisionPatientsPerfusionTesting populationExpert visual interpretationRegistryPopulationMethodsWePhysiciansPrevalence and predictors of automatically quantified myocardial ischemia within a multicenter international registry
Han D, Rozanski A, Miller RJH, Sharir T, Einstein AJ, Fish MB, Ruddy TD, Kaufmann PA, Sinusas AJ, Miller EJ, Bateman TM, Dorbala S, Di Carli M, Liang JX, Dey D, Berman DS, Slomka PJ. Prevalence and predictors of automatically quantified myocardial ischemia within a multicenter international registry. Journal Of Nuclear Cardiology 2022, 29: 3221-3232. PMID: 35174442, PMCID: PMC9378748, DOI: 10.1007/s12350-021-02829-x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsTotal perfusion deficitMyocardial ischemiaStress testingCAD risk factorsMulticenter international registryPredictor of ischemiaCardiac stress testingNuclear stress testingChi-square testConclusionThe prevalenceMulticenter registryOverall cohortTypical anginaCAD statusPerfusion deficitsInternational registryMale genderRisk factorsLVEFIschemiaPatientsImaging characteristicsPotent predictorPrevalenceRegistry
2020
Impact of Early Revascularization on Major Adverse Cardiovascular Events in Relation to Automatically Quantified Ischemia
Azadani PN, Miller RJH, Sharir T, Diniz MA, Hu LH, Otaki Y, Gransar H, Liang JX, Eisenberg E, Einstein AJ, Fish MB, Ruddy TD, Kaufmann PA, Sinusas AJ, Miller EJ, Bateman TM, Dorbala S, Di Carli M, Tamarappoo BK, Dey D, Berman DS, Slomka PJ. Impact of Early Revascularization on Major Adverse Cardiovascular Events in Relation to Automatically Quantified Ischemia. JACC Cardiovascular Imaging 2020, 14: 644-653. PMID: 32828784, PMCID: PMC7987223, DOI: 10.1016/j.jcmg.2020.05.039.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsIschemic total perfusion deficitTotal perfusion deficitEarly revascularizationSPECT-MPIMajor adverse cardiovascular eventsPropensity scoreMultivariable Cox modelingAdverse cardiovascular eventsSingle-center dataContemporary cardiology practiceSingle photon emissionCardiovascular eventsPrimary outcomeCardiac deathConsecutive patientsCox modelingMulticenter studyPerfusion deficitsInternational registryRevascularizationCardiology practicePatientsIschemiaSignificant associationMACE