2003
Prognostic significance of ischemic electrocardiographic changes during adenosine infusion in patients with normal myocardial perfusion imaging
Abbott B, Afshar M, Berger A, Wackers F. Prognostic significance of ischemic electrocardiographic changes during adenosine infusion in patients with normal myocardial perfusion imaging. Journal Of Nuclear Cardiology 2003, 10: 9-16. PMID: 12569326, DOI: 10.1067/mnc.2002.127625.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsNormal myocardial perfusion imagingAdenosine myocardial perfusion imagingST-segment depressionMyocardial perfusion imagingIschemic ECG changesCardiac eventsECG changesAdenosine infusionCardiac deathPrognostic significanceECG groupNormal myocardial perfusion imagesBaseline electrocardiographic abnormalitiesAdverse cardiac eventsIschemic electrocardiographic changesNonfatal myocardial infarctionSubsequent cardiac eventsFuture cardiac eventsNormal myocardial perfusionSex-matched groupPerfusion imagesECG evidenceElectrocardiographic abnormalitiesIndependent predictorsElectrocardiographic changes
1995
Relationship between reverse redistribution on planar thallium scintigraphy and regional myocardial viability: a correlative PET study.
Soufer R, Dey H, Lawson A, Wackers F, Zaret B. Relationship between reverse redistribution on planar thallium scintigraphy and regional myocardial viability: a correlative PET study. Journal Of Nuclear Medicine 1995, 36: 180-7. PMID: 7830110.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPlanar thallium scintigraphyCardiac eventsThallium scintigraphyReverse redistributionChronic coronary artery diseasePET viabilityAbnormal regional wall motionPlanar thallium imagesMyocardial Infarction trialPercent of patientsFuture cardiac eventsFuture cardiovascular eventsCoronary artery diseaseFavorable clinical outcomeMyocardial metabolic activityRegional wall motion analysisRegional wall motionPercent of segmentsWall motion analysisPET criteriaCardiovascular eventsReperfusion therapyArtery diseaseClinical outcomesPrognostic value