2024
Association between 82Rb positron emission tomography-derived regional myocardial blood flow, severity of angiographic coronary artery stenosis, and mortality in patients with chest pain
Gallegos C, Paredes C, Hu J, Posada E, Saito Y, Lansky A, Shah S, Liu Y, Smolderen K, Mena-Hurtado C, Sinusas A, Miller E. Association between 82Rb positron emission tomography-derived regional myocardial blood flow, severity of angiographic coronary artery stenosis, and mortality in patients with chest pain. Advances In Radiotherapy & Nuclear Medicine 2024, 2: 3786. DOI: 10.36922/arnm.3786.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMyocardial flow reserveGlobal myocardial flow reserveQuantitative coronary angiographyAssociated with increased all-cause mortalityPositron emission tomographyCoronary artery stenosis severityMyocardial blood flowAll-cause mortalityCoronary angiographyChest painStenosis severityAngiographic coronary artery stenosisResting myocardial blood flowAcute chest painBlood flowInvasive coronary angiographyLeft circumflex arteryLeft descending arteryRight coronary arteryCoronary artery stenosisStress testCoronary stenosis severityCardiovascular eventsDescending arteryWeak correlation
2022
The Prognostic Value of CAC Zero Among Individuals Presenting With Chest Pain A Meta-Analysis
Agha AM, Pacor J, Grandhi GR, Mszar R, Khan SU, Parikh R, Agrawal T, Burt J, Blankstein R, Blaha MJ, Shaw LJ, Al-Mallah MH, Brackett A, Cainzos-Achirica M, Miller EJ, Nasir K. The Prognostic Value of CAC Zero Among Individuals Presenting With Chest Pain A Meta-Analysis. JACC Cardiovascular Imaging 2022, 15: 1745-1757. PMID: 36202453, DOI: 10.1016/j.jcmg.2022.03.031.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsObstructive coronary artery diseaseAcute chest painCoronary artery calciumCoronary artery diseaseStable chest painNonobstructive coronary artery diseaseMajor adverse cardiac eventsAdverse cardiac eventsChest painCardiac eventsLow prevalenceAbsence of CACHealth care delivery modelsCare delivery modelsA Meta-AnalysisNegative predictive valueCAC assessmentArtery calciumCAC scoreIntermediate riskArtery diseaseCoronary CTACTA assessmentPrognostic valueTomography angiography
2021
A phenomapping-derived tool to personalize the selection of anatomical vs. functional testing in evaluating chest pain (ASSIST)
Oikonomou EK, Van Dijk D, Parise H, Suchard MA, de Lemos J, Antoniades C, Velazquez EJ, Miller EJ, Khera R. A phenomapping-derived tool to personalize the selection of anatomical vs. functional testing in evaluating chest pain (ASSIST). European Heart Journal 2021, 42: 2536-2548. PMID: 33881513, PMCID: PMC8488385, DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehab223.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsStable chest painChest painPrimary endpointMajor adverse cardiovascular eventsNon-fatal myocardial infarctionAdverse cardiovascular eventsStudy's primary endpointCoronary artery diseaseClinical trial populationsCox regression modelParticipant-level dataSCOT-HEARTCardiovascular eventsCause mortalityHazard ratioPatients 5Artery diseaseFunctional testingPROMISE trialTrial populationMyocardial infarctionLower incidenceStudy populationPainCollected variables
2013
Evaluation of Chest Pain
Miller E. Evaluation of Chest Pain. 2013, 3-13. DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4471-4441-0_1.Chapters