2024
Associations of Physical Activity Engagement with Cerebral Amyloid-β and Tau from Midlife
Gonzales M, Kojis D, Spartano N, Thibault E, DeCarli C, Fakhri G, Johnson K, Beiser A, Seshadri S. Associations of Physical Activity Engagement with Cerebral Amyloid-β and Tau from Midlife. Journal Of Alzheimer's Disease 2024, 100: 935-943. PMID: 39031362, DOI: 10.3233/jad-240322.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPhysical activity indexPhysical activity engagementAssociated with lower dementia riskPhysical activity index scoreAssociation of physical activityActive engagementPhysical activity levelsFramingham Heart StudyCross-sectional associationsCommunity-based cohortCardiovascular risk factorsDementia riskPhysical activityLifestyle interventionHeart StudyLinear regression modelsStratified analysisTau-PET retentionSelf-reportSex disparitiesActivity levelsLate lifeTau positron emission tomographyRisk factorsAge groups
2008
Quantitative relationship between coronary vasodilator reserve assessed by 82Rb PET imaging and coronary artery stenosis severity
Anagnostopoulos C, Almonacid A, El Fakhri G, Curillova Z, Sitek A, Roughton M, Dorbala S, Popma J, Di Carli M. Quantitative relationship between coronary vasodilator reserve assessed by 82Rb PET imaging and coronary artery stenosis severity. European Journal Of Nuclear Medicine And Molecular Imaging 2008, 35: 1593-1601. PMID: 18425513, PMCID: PMC3124702, DOI: 10.1007/s00259-008-0793-2.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPositron emission tomographyCoronary artery diseaseCoronary vasodilator reserveMyocardial blood flowPositron emission tomography imagingPercent diameter stenosisDiameter stenosisEmission tomographyAge-matchedStenosis severityHyperaemic myocardial blood flowRisk factorsStress myocardial blood flowVasodilator reserveFunctional assessment of coronary artery diseaseAssessment of coronary artery diseaseClinically useful tool