1996
Serial myocardial perfusion imaging with Tc-99m-labeled myocardial perfusion imaging agents in patients receiving thrombolytic therapy for acute myocardial infarction
Wackers F. Serial myocardial perfusion imaging with Tc-99m-labeled myocardial perfusion imaging agents in patients receiving thrombolytic therapy for acute myocardial infarction. Developments In Cardiovascular Medicine 1996, 173: 1-12. DOI: 10.1007/978-94-009-0115-5_1.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchAcute myocardial infarctionThrombolytic therapyMyocardial infarctionInfarct arteryMyocardial perfusionRecurrent myocardial infarctionInfarct artery patencyLong-term mortalityAppropriate adjunctive therapyNovel treatment strategiesTerm mortalityAdjunctive therapyArtery patencyAcute infarctionHibernating myocardiumConventional therapyUnfavorable outcomeAntithrombotic agentsTreatment strategiesComparative efficacyReocclusionPatientsInfarctionTherapyBeneficial effects
1995
Preoperative Dipyridamole Thallium Imaging and Ambulatory Electrocardiographic Monitoring as a Predictor of Perioperative Cardiac Events and Long-term Outcome
Fleisher L, Rosenbaum S, Nelson A, Jain D, Wackers F, Zaret B. Preoperative Dipyridamole Thallium Imaging and Ambulatory Electrocardiographic Monitoring as a Predictor of Perioperative Cardiac Events and Long-term Outcome. Anesthesiology 1995, 83: 906-917.. PMID: 7486176, DOI: 10.1097/00000542-199511000-00003.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAgedAged, 80 and overDipyridamoleElectrocardiography, AmbulatoryFemaleHeart DiseasesHumansIntraoperative ComplicationsMaleMiddle AgedPostoperative ComplicationsPredictive Value of TestsPreoperative CarePrognosisProspective StudiesRadionuclide AngiographySensitivity and SpecificitySurvival AnalysisThallium RadioisotopesVasodilator AgentsConceptsPerioperative cardiac eventsPredictive valueDipyridamole thalliumCardiac eventsPreoperative dipyridamole thallium imagingLong-term cardiac survivalGreatest likelihood ratioNoncardiac surgery patientsPerioperative cardiac morbidityDipyridamole-thallium imagingLong-term mortalityLong-term prognosisAmbulatory electrocardiographic monitoringShort-term outcomesLong-term outcomesLikelihood ratioPositive predictive valueLog-rank statisticsNuclear cardiology laboratoryCardiac morbidityNoncardiac surgerySurgery patientsThallium imagingCardiac survivalElectrocardiographic monitoring