2010
CARDIAC OUTCOMES AFTER SCREENING FOR ASYMPTOMATIC CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE IN PATIENTS WITH METABOLIC SYNDROME: POST-HOC ANALYSIS OF THE DIAD TRIAL
Bansal S, Wackers F, Inzucchi S, Young L, Chyun D. CARDIAC OUTCOMES AFTER SCREENING FOR ASYMPTOMATIC CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE IN PATIENTS WITH METABOLIC SYNDROME: POST-HOC ANALYSIS OF THE DIAD TRIAL. Journal Of The American College Of Cardiology 2010, 55: a141.e1325. DOI: 10.1016/s0735-1097(10)61326-5.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2006
Screening of asymptomatic patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus for silent coronary artery disease: Combined use of stress myocardial perfusion imaging and coronary calcium scoring
Scholte A, Bax J, Wackers F. Screening of asymptomatic patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus for silent coronary artery disease: Combined use of stress myocardial perfusion imaging and coronary calcium scoring. Journal Of Nuclear Cardiology 2006, 13: 11-18. PMID: 16464712, DOI: 10.1016/j.nuclcard.2005.11.002.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAlgorithmsCalcinosisComorbidityCoronary Artery DiseaseDiabetes Mellitus, Type 2Diagnosis, Computer-AssistedExercise TestHumansIncidenceMass ScreeningPrognosisRadionuclide ImagingReproducibility of ResultsRisk AssessmentRisk FactorsSensitivity and SpecificitySurvival RateVentricular Dysfunction, LeftConceptsSilent coronary artery diseaseCoronary artery diseaseCoronary calcium scoringType 2 diabetes mellitusMyocardial perfusion imagingArtery diseaseDiabetes mellitusCalcium scoringPerfusion imagingAsymptomatic individualsStress myocardial perfusion imagingRadionuclide myocardial perfusion imagingEarly appropriate treatmentRecent prospective studiesRates of morbidityAsymptomatic patientsCardiovascular complicationsProspective studyOverall prevalenceClinical combinationAppropriate treatmentClinical investigationMellitusClinical importanceDisease
2003
SPECT Detection of Coronary Artery Disease
Wackers F. SPECT Detection of Coronary Artery Disease. 2003, 63-77. DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4615-6496-6_4.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
1997
Improved diagnostic accuracy of planar imaging with technetium 99m-labeled tetrofosmin compared with thallium-201 for the detection of coronary artery disease
Khattar R, Hendel R, Crawley J, Wackers F, Rigo P, Zaret B, Sridhara B, Lahiri A. Improved diagnostic accuracy of planar imaging with technetium 99m-labeled tetrofosmin compared with thallium-201 for the detection of coronary artery disease. Journal Of Nuclear Cardiology 1997, 4: 291-297. PMID: 9278875, DOI: 10.1016/s1071-3581(97)90106-9.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCoronary artery diseaseROC curve analysisPrevious myocardial infarctionArtery diseaseCurve analysisMyocardial infarctionMulticenter phase III trialTechnetium 99m-labeled tetrofosminDiagnostic accuracySingle-vessel diseasePhase III trialsCharacteristic curve analysisMultivessel diseaseIII trialsCoronary arteriographyROC curve areaThallium-201TetrofosminDiagnostic testsDiseaseDiagnostic performanceCurve areaInfarctionReference standardPlanar imaging
1995
Ejection fraction fall during mental stress in coronary artery disease: Is it due to peripheral effects or contractile dysfunction?
Shaker S, Jain D, Burg M, Wackers F, Soufer R, Zaret B. Ejection fraction fall during mental stress in coronary artery disease: Is it due to peripheral effects or contractile dysfunction? Journal Of Nuclear Cardiology 1995, 2: s27. DOI: 10.1016/s1071-3581(05)80195-3.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
1985
Short-lived 195mAu for evaluation of left ventricular function by first-pass radionuclide angiography.
Van der Wall E, van Lingen A, den Hollander W, Visser F, Heidendal G, Roos J, Wackers F. Short-lived 195mAu for evaluation of left ventricular function by first-pass radionuclide angiography. Nuklearmedizin - NuclearMedicine 1985, 24: 191-2. PMID: 4080562.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchPrognostic significance of normal quantitative planar thallium-201 stress scintigraphy in patients with chest pain
Wackers F, Russo D, Russo D, Clements J. Prognostic significance of normal quantitative planar thallium-201 stress scintigraphy in patients with chest pain. Journal Of The American College Of Cardiology 1985, 6: 27-30. PMID: 3159779, DOI: 10.1016/s0735-1097(85)80247-3.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCoronary artery diseaseThallium-201 stress scintigraphyArtery diseaseStress scintigraphyPretest likelihoodCardiac eventsChest painPrognostic significanceQuantitative thallium-201 scintigraphyChest pain syndromeThallium-201 scintigraphyHigh pretest likelihoodLow pretest likelihoodBasis of symptomsAnginal complaintsMean followPain syndromeExcellent prognosisNormal findingsConsecutive seriesStress electrocardiographyNormal studiesPatientsScintigraphyDiseaseRadionuclide Techniques for Diagnosing and Sizing of Myocardial Infarction
Wackers F. Radionuclide Techniques for Diagnosing and Sizing of Myocardial Infarction. 1985, 179-187. DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4613-3828-4_20.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchRadionuclide techniquesAcute ischemic heart diseaseEvaluation of patientsIschemic heart diseaseAssessment of rightIll patientsVentricular functionMyocardial infarctionHeart diseaseLittle discomfortMyocardial imagingNew radiotracersPatient's bedsidePatientsNon-invasive natureNuclear cardiologyBedsideInfarctionDiseaseCardiology
1980
Current Status of Radionuclide Imaging in the Management and Evaluation of patients with cardiovascular Disease
Wackers F. Current Status of Radionuclide Imaging in the Management and Evaluation of patients with cardiovascular Disease. Advances In Cardiology 1980, 27: 40-50. PMID: 7004129, DOI: 10.1159/000383973.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
1975
Extent and severity of coronary artery disease in patients dying from cardiogenic shock or congestive heart failure following acute myocardial infarction
Wackers F, Lie K, Becker A, Wellens H, Durrer D. Extent and severity of coronary artery disease in patients dying from cardiogenic shock or congestive heart failure following acute myocardial infarction. The American Journal Of Cardiology 1975, 35: 175. DOI: 10.1016/0002-9149(75)90805-x.Peer-Reviewed Original Research