2003
Simultaneous assessment of myocardial perfusion and function during mental stress in patients with chronic coronary artery disease
Arrighi JA, Burg M, Cohen IS, Soufer R. Simultaneous assessment of myocardial perfusion and function during mental stress in patients with chronic coronary artery disease. Journal Of Nuclear Cardiology 2003, 10: 267-274. PMID: 12794625, DOI: 10.1016/s1071-3581(02)43235-7.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMyocardial perfusion imagingChronic coronary artery diseaseLeft ventricular dysfunctionVentricular dysfunctionCoronary artery diseaseReversible perfusion defectsPerfusion defectsArtery diseaseVentricular functionMyocardial perfusionNew regional wall motion abnormalitiesSestamibi single-photon emissionPharmacologic stress myocardial perfusion imagingStress myocardial perfusion imagingGlobal left ventricular dysfunctionRegional wall motion abnormalitiesResultsTwenty-eight patientsLeft ventricular functionWall motion abnormalitiesTomography (SPECT) MPIMyocardial perfusion defectsRegional wall motionCircumferential profile analysisSingle photon emissionSimultaneous assessment
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