2024
Multi-modality imaging for assessment of the microcirculation in peripheral artery disease: Bench to clinical practice
Callegari S, Feher A, Smolderen K, Mena-Hurtado C, Sinusas A. Multi-modality imaging for assessment of the microcirculation in peripheral artery disease: Bench to clinical practice. American Heart Journal Plus Cardiology Research And Practice 2024, 42: 100400. PMID: 38779485, PMCID: PMC11108852, DOI: 10.1016/j.ahjo.2024.100400.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchPeripheral arterial diseaseMicrovascular diseasePeripheral microcirculationArtery diseaseEvaluation of response to therapyResponse to therapyManagement of peripheral arterial diseaseImprove risk stratificationOutcomes of peripheral artery diseaseAssessment of perfusionPathophysiology of peripheral arterial diseaseRisk of mortalityMolecular imaging studiesMulti-modal imagesPredictors of amputationRisk stratificationPre-clinicalImaging studiesClinical perfusionProcedural treatmentsClinical practicePersonalized managementMicrocirculationDiseasePerfusionClinical physiology: the crucial role of MRI in evaluation of peripheral artery disease
Elsaid N, Peters D, Galiana G, Sinusas A. Clinical physiology: the crucial role of MRI in evaluation of peripheral artery disease. AJP Heart And Circulatory Physiology 2024, 326: h1304-h1323. PMID: 38517227, PMCID: PMC11381027, DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.00533.2023.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchPeripheral arterial diseaseMagnetic resonance imagingArtery diseaseClinical applicationEvaluation of peripheral arterial diseaseTranslation to clinical researchPre-clinical modelsMedial vascular calcificationDiagnosis of peripheral arterial diseaseExcellent soft tissue contrastPathophysiology of peripheral arterial diseaseAssessment of peripheral arterial diseaseNoninvasive imaging toolMR imaging technologyMR imaging techniquesSoft tissue contrastMultiplanar imaging capabilityAutonomic dysfunctionMicrovascular dysfunctionRisk stratificationPeripheral neuropathyComprehensive physiological assessmentTreatment outcomesVascular calcificationTherapy planningClinical phenotypes among patients with normal cardiac perfusion using unsupervised learning: a retrospective observational study
Miller R, Bednarski B, Pieszko K, Kwiecinski J, Williams M, Shanbhag A, Liang J, Huang C, Sharir T, Hauser M, Dorbala S, Di Carli M, Fish M, Ruddy T, Bateman T, Einstein A, Kaufmann P, Miller E, Sinusas A, Acampa W, Han D, Dey D, Berman D, Slomka P. Clinical phenotypes among patients with normal cardiac perfusion using unsupervised learning: a retrospective observational study. EBioMedicine 2024, 99: 104930. PMID: 38168587, PMCID: PMC10794922, DOI: 10.1016/j.ebiom.2023.104930.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMyocardial infarctionMyocardial perfusion imagingBlood InstituteNational HeartPharmacologic stressExternal testing cohortNormal imaging resultsRetrospective observational studyCoronary artery diseasePrevious myocardial infarctionRisk of deathNormal perfusion scanBritish Heart FoundationNational InstituteCluster 4 patientsDistinct phenotypesCardiovascular riskArtery diseaseRisk stratificationPerfusion scanNormal perfusionImaging featuresNormal scansMPI patientsHeart Foundation
2023
Unsupervised learning to characterize patients with known coronary artery disease undergoing myocardial perfusion imaging
Williams M, Bednarski B, Pieszko K, Miller R, Kwiecinski J, Shanbhag A, Liang J, Huang C, Sharir T, Dorbala S, Di Carli M, Einstein A, Sinusas A, Miller E, Bateman T, Fish M, Ruddy T, Acampa W, Hauser M, Kaufmann P, Dey D, Berman D, Slomka P. Unsupervised learning to characterize patients with known coronary artery disease undergoing myocardial perfusion imaging. European Journal Of Nuclear Medicine And Molecular Imaging 2023, 50: 2656-2668. PMID: 37067586, PMCID: PMC10317876, DOI: 10.1007/s00259-023-06218-z.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCoronary artery diseaseMyocardial perfusion imagingCause mortalityTotal perfusion deficitArtery diseaseRisk stratificationPerfusion deficitsHigher body mass indexTomography myocardial perfusion imagingMore diabetes mellitusSPECT myocardial perfusion imagingBetter risk stratificationRisk-stratify patientsBody mass indexREFINE SPECT registrySingle photon emissionDiabetes mellitusMass indexExternal cohortStress imagingMyocardial perfusionPatientsRisk phenotypePerfusion imagingImaging characteristics
2021
Novel SPECT and PET Tracers and Myocardial Imaging
Melvinsdottir I, Avendaño R, Sinusas A. Novel SPECT and PET Tracers and Myocardial Imaging. 2021, 189-228. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-83167-7_11.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchPositron emission tomographyPET imagingMultimodality cardiovascular imagingSingle photon emissionRisk stratificationPathophysiological changesCardiac functionMyocardial remodelingMyocardial diseaseAutonomic regulationMyocardial imagingEmission tomographyHigh-resolution anatomicalMyocardial flowCardiovascular imagingPET tracersNovel SPECTMolecular changesSPECTPhoton emissionHybrid imaging technologyCell deathVivo detectionMolecular imagingImaging
2019
Molecular Imaging of the Heart
Boutagy NE, Feher A, Alkhalil I, Umoh N, Sinusas AJ. Molecular Imaging of the Heart. 2019, 9: 477-533. PMID: 30873600, DOI: 10.1002/cphy.c180007.Peer-Reviewed Reviews, Practice Guidelines, Standards, and Consensus StatementsConceptsCardiovascular diseaseRisk stratificationCardiovascular molecular imagingMultimodality cardiovascular imagingIschemic heart failureMolecular imagingMolecular imaging targetsPositron emission tomographySingle photon emissionNumerous cardiovascular diseasesClinical molecular imagingEjection fractionHeart failureMedical therapySystemic diseaseMyocardial infarctionPathophysiological changesCardiac functionEarly diagnosisDisease processCardiac arrhythmiasEmission tomographyCardiovascular imagingImaging strategiesPhoton emission
2001
Technetium-99m-labeled Myocardial Perfusion Agents: Are They Better than Thallium-201?
Kailasnath P, Sinusas A. Technetium-99m-labeled Myocardial Perfusion Agents: Are They Better than Thallium-201? Cardiology In Review 2001, 9: 160-172. PMID: 11304401, DOI: 10.1097/00045415-200105000-00009.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCoronary artery diseasePerfusion tracerPerfusion agentArtery diseaseMyocardial viabilityThallium-201Perfusion imagingMyocardial perfusion imagingRegional flow heterogeneityPharmacologic stressorChest painMyocardial perfusion agentRisk stratificationAcute assessmentNew perfusion agentTechnetium-99mClinical valueMyocardial uptakeIschemic regionAssessment of viabilityCoronary vasculatureMyocardial flowClearance kineticsMyocardial retentionTracer availability