2010
Five-Year Outcomes in High-Risk Participants in the Detection of Ischemia in Asymptomatic Diabetics (DIAD) Study A post hoc analysis
Bansal S, Wackers FJ, Inzucchi SE, Chyun DA, Davey JA, Staib LH, Young LH, . Five-Year Outcomes in High-Risk Participants in the Detection of Ischemia in Asymptomatic Diabetics (DIAD) Study A post hoc analysis. Diabetes Care 2010, 34: 204-209. PMID: 20929989, PMCID: PMC3005488, DOI: 10.2337/dc10-1194.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCardiac event rateBaseline cardiovascular riskAnnual cardiac event rateHigh cardiovascular riskCardiovascular riskHigh-risk participantsDetection of ischemiaEvent ratesInducible ischemiaRisk engineUK Prospective Diabetes Study risk engineHigh baseline cardiovascular riskAsymptomatic Diabetics (DIAD) studyFive-year outcomesUKPDS risk engineLow-risk groupRisk stratification approachStudy of DiabetesLow-risk participantsAsymptomatic diabeticsCardiac eventsFramingham scoreMetabolic syndromeRisk groupsDiabetic study
2009
Cardiac Outcomes After Screening for Asymptomatic Coronary Artery Disease in Patients With Type 2 Diabetes : The DIAD Study: A Randomized Controlled Trial
Young LH, Wackers FJ, Chyun DA, Davey JA, Barrett EJ, Taillefer R, Heller GV, Iskandrian AE, Wittlin SD, Filipchuk N, Ratner RE, Inzucchi SE, Investigators F. Cardiac Outcomes After Screening for Asymptomatic Coronary Artery Disease in Patients With Type 2 Diabetes : The DIAD Study: A Randomized Controlled Trial. JAMA 2009, 301: 1547-1555. PMID: 19366774, PMCID: PMC2895332, DOI: 10.1001/jama.2009.476.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCoronary artery diseaseType 2 diabetesNonfatal myocardial infarctionAsymptomatic coronary artery diseaseMyocardial perfusion imagingCardiac event rateMyocardial infarctionCardiac deathMPI defectsCardiac outcomesEvent ratesScreened groupArtery diseaseSymptoms of CADRadionuclide myocardial perfusion imagingAsymptomatic Diabetics (DIAD) studyHigh cardiac riskLow event ratesPositive predictive valueDetection of ischemiaPrimary medical preventionCoronary revascularizationDiabetes clinicIdentifies patientsControlled Trials
1999
Ejection fraction by radionuclide ventriculography and contrast left ventriculogram A tale of two techniques
Ureña P, Lamas G, Mitchell G, Flaker G, Smith S, Wackers F, McEwan P, Pfeffer M, investigators F. Ejection fraction by radionuclide ventriculography and contrast left ventriculogram A tale of two techniques. Journal Of The American College Of Cardiology 1999, 33: 180-185. PMID: 9935027, DOI: 10.1016/s0735-1097(98)00533-6.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsRadionuclide ventriculographyEjection fractionCardiovascular eventsEvent ratesMyocardial infarctionPostinfarct patientsIndependent predictorsRisk stratificationAssess prognosisClinical eventsVentricular performanceClinical impressionPatientsMultivariate analysisPrognosisVentriculographyTercileEF measurementsBest predictorPredictorsComparative abilityCatheterizationInfarctionVentriculograms
1996
Detection and significance of myocardial ischemia in women versus men within six months of acute myocardial infarction or unstable angina
Moriel M, Benhorin J, Brown M, Raubertas R, Severski P, Van Voorhees L, Bodenheimer M, Tzivoni D, Wackers F, Moss A, Group T. Detection and significance of myocardial ischemia in women versus men within six months of acute myocardial infarction or unstable angina. The American Journal Of Cardiology 1996, 77: 798-804. PMID: 8623730, DOI: 10.1016/s0002-9149(97)89172-2.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAcute coronary eventsThallium-201 stress scintigraphyPrimary end pointCoronary eventsEnd pointUnstable anginaStress scintigraphyPatient 1Myocardial infarctionNoninvasive testsExercise electrocardiogramAmbulatory electrocardiogramIschemia detectionCardiac event rateNonfatal myocardial infarctionSubsequent cardiac eventsAcute myocardial infarctionCardiac eventsIschemia testCardiac deathCox analysisPrognostic significanceMyocardial ischemiaEvent ratesWomen