Head-to-head comparison of diagnostic accuracy of stress-only myocardial perfusion imaging with conventional and cadmium-zinc telluride single-photon emission …

T Mannarino, R Assante, C Ricciardi… - Journal of Nuclear …, 2021 - Elsevier
Background Breast attenuation may impact the diagnostic accuracy of stress myocardial
perfusion imaging (MPI) with single-photon emission computed tomography (SPECT). We …

Impact of revascularization and myocardial viability determined by nitrate-enhanced Tc-99m sestamibi and Tl-201 imaging on mortality and functional outcome in …

R Senior, S Kaul, U Raval, A Lahiri - Journal of nuclear cardiology, 2002 - Springer
Background Nitrate-enhanced perfusion imaging has been shown to detect viability in
dysfunctional myocardium, but nitrate-enhanced technetium 99m sestamibi has not been …

A machine learning-based approach to directly compare the diagnostic accuracy of myocardial perfusion imaging by conventional and cadmium-zinc telluride SPECT

V Cantoni, R Green, C Ricciardi, R Assante… - Journal of nuclear …, 2022 - Elsevier
Background We evaluated the performance of conventional (C) single-photon emission
computed tomography (SPECT) and cadmium-zinc-telluride (CZT)-SPECT in a large cohort …

The historical and conceptual evolution of radionuclide assessment of myocardial viability

JE Udelson, RO Bonow, V Dilsizian - Journal of nuclear cardiology, 2004 - Springer
The assessment of whether dysfunctional myocardial tissue or regions contain
predominantly viable myocytes has become an important research and clinical issue for …

Relation of brachial artery flow-mediated vasodilation to significant coronary artery disease in patients with peripheral arterial disease

P Perrone-Filardi, A Cuocolo, G Brevetti… - The American journal of …, 2005 - Elsevier
In patients at risk for coronary atherosclerosis, brachial artery flow-mediated dilation (FMD)
rules out significant coronary artery disease (CAD). However, the value of this approach is …

Prognostic value of exercise cardiac tomography performed late after percutaneous coronary intervention in symptomatic and symptom-free patients

W Acampa, M Petretta, L Florimonte, A Mattera… - The American journal of …, 2003 - Elsevier
The long-term prognostic value of single-photon emission computed tomography (SPECT)
performed late after percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) has not been extensively …

Effective radiation dose to staff members due to myocardial perfusion spect imaging: tracking the exposure from preparation to patient release

S Alramlawy, MM Khalil - Radiation Protection Dosimetry, 2018 - academic.oup.com
The aim of the work was to tack the radiation exposure from dose preparation down to
patient release during nuclear cardiac imaging. A total of 111 patients were recruited and …

Prognostic value of combined assessment of regional left ventricular function and myocardial perfusion by dobutamine and rest gated SPECT in patients with …

L Spinelli, M Petretta, W Acampa, W He… - Journal of Nuclear …, 2003 - Soc Nuclear Med
Gated SPECT allows combined assessment of regional myocardial perfusion and left
ventricular function. The aim of this study was to address the prognostic value of gated …

Survival benefit after revascularization is independent of left ventricular ejection fraction improvement in patients with previous myocardial infarction and viable …

W Acampa, M Petretta, L Spinelli, M Salvatore… - European journal of …, 2005 - Springer
Purpose This study was designed to assess the relationships among myocardial viability,
changes in left ventricular (LV) ejection fraction after coronary revascularization and long …

Prognostic value of nitrate enhanced Tc99m MIBI SPECT study in detecting viable myocardium in patients with coronary artery disease

M Kostkiewicz, M Olszowska, T Przewłocki… - The International journal …, 2003 - Springer
Background: Assessing the viability in akinetic myocardium is vital for predicting functional
recovery after therapeutic management in patients with chronic coronary artery disease …