1981
Exercise left ventricular performance in patients with chest pain, ischemic-appearing exercise electrocardiograms, and angiographically normal coronary arteries.
Berger HJ, Sands MJ, Davies RA, Wackers FJ, Alexander J, Lachman AS, Williams BW, Zaret BL. Exercise left ventricular performance in patients with chest pain, ischemic-appearing exercise electrocardiograms, and angiographically normal coronary arteries. Annals Of Internal Medicine 1981, 94: 186-91. PMID: 7469209, DOI: 10.7326/0003-4819-94-2-186.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsNormal coronary arteriesLeft ventricular performanceChest painVentricular performanceCoronary arteryExercise electrocardiogramAbnormal ejection fraction responseMaximal upright bicycle exerciseCoronary arterial spasmUpright bicycle exerciseEjection fraction responseFirst-pass radionuclide angiocardiographyThallium-201 imagingErgonovine testingVentricular dysfunctionArterial spasmBicycle exerciseErgonovine provocationAdditional patientsTreadmill exercisePerfusion defectsRadionuclide angiocardiographyRegional dysfunctionPatientsFraction response
1980
Comparison of exercise radionuclide angiocardiography and thallium-201 myocardial perfusion imaging in coronary artery disease
Johnstone D, Sands M, Berger H, Reduto L, Lachman A, Wackers F, Cohen L, Gottschalk A, Zaret B. Comparison of exercise radionuclide angiocardiography and thallium-201 myocardial perfusion imaging in coronary artery disease. The American Journal Of Cardiology 1980, 45: 1113-1119. PMID: 7377108, DOI: 10.1016/0002-9149(80)90467-1.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCoronary artery diseaseExercise thallium studiesArtery diseaseVentricular reserveEjection fractionThallium studiesPerfusion defectsLeft ventricular ejection fractionThallium-201 myocardial perfusion imagingThallium-201 myocardial perfusionExercise-induced perfusion defectsRegional wall motion abnormalitiesExercise thallium imagesNormal coronary arteriesUpright bicycle exerciseSingle-vessel diseaseT segment depressionVentricular ejection fractionAbnormal exerciseThallium perfusion defectsWall motion abnormalitiesMyocardial perfusion imagingRegional wall motionExercise radionuclideIschemic S