Issue 4/2014
Content (27 Articles)
A selection of recent, original research papers
Saurabh Malhotra, Prem Soman
Comparison of three commercially available softwares for measuring left ventricular perfusion and function by gated SPECT myocardial perfusion imaging
Sameer Ather, Fahad Iqbal, John Gulotta, Wael Aljaroudi, Jaekyeong Heo, Ami E. Iskandrian, Fadi G. Hage
Survival analysis and regression models
Brandon George, Samantha Seals, Inmaculada Aban
Importance of correct patient positioning in myocardial perfusion SPECT when using a CZT camera
Cecilia Hindorf, Jenny Oddstig, Fredrik Hedeer, Magnus J. Hansson, Jonas Jögi, Henrik Engblom
Two-position supine/prone myocardial perfusion SPECT (MPS) imaging improves visual inter-observer correlation and agreement
Reza Arsanjani, Sean W. Hayes, Mathews Fish, Aryeh Shalev, Rine Nakanishi, Louise EJ Thomson, John D. Friedman, Guido Germano, Daniel S. Berman, Piotr Slomka
Segmental and global left ventricular function assessment using gated SPECT with a semiconductor Cadmium Zinc Telluride (CZT) camera: Phantom study and clinical validation vs cardiac magnetic resonance
Alban Bailliez, Tanguy Blaire, Frédéric Mouquet, R. Legghe, B. Etienne, Damien Legallois, Denis Agostini, Alain Manrique
Limitations of parametric modeling of the left ventricle using first harmonic analysis: Possible role for gaussian modeling
Christopher L. Hansen
Tako-tsubo cardiomyopathy: How to understand possible pathophysiological mechanism and the role of 123I-MIBG imaging
Derk O. Verschure, G. Aernout Somsen, Berthe L. F. van Eck-Smit, Remco J. J. Knol, Jan Booij, Hein J. Verberne
The prognostic value of left ventricular mechanical dyssynchrony using gated myocardial perfusion imaging in patients with end-stage renal disease
Himanshu Aggarwal, Wael A. AlJaroudi, Shikha Mehta, Roslyn Mannon, Jaekyeong Heo, Ami E. Iskandrian, Fadi G. Hage
Risk stratification by quantitation of LV dyssynchrony: A new branch of the field of nuclear cardiology
Marc Ovadia, Islam Abudayyeh
The utility of ADMIRE-HF risk score in predicting serious arrhythmic events in heart failure patients: Incremental prognostic benefit of cardiac 123I-mIBG scintigraphy
Firas J. Al Badarin, Alan P. Wimmer, Kevin F. Kennedy, Arnold F. Jacobson, Timothy M. Bateman
A novel clinically relevant segmentation method and corresponding maximal ischemia score to risk-stratify patients undergoing myocardial perfusion scintigraphy
Francesco Nudi, Annamaria Pinto, Enrica Procaccini, Giandomenico Neri, Maurizio Vetere, Fabrizio Tomai, Achille Gaspardone, Giuseppe Biondi-Zoccai, Orazio Schillaci
Novel approaches to risk stratification with semi-quantitative scoring systems in nuclear cardiology
Leslee J. Shaw
Multi-modality Imaging: Bird’s-eye view from The 63rd Annual Scientific Sessions of the American College of Cardiology
William VanDecker, Jeroen J. Bax, Steven G. Lloyd, Andrew J. Einstein, Farooq A. Chaudhry, Ron Blankstein
Review of cardiovascular literature
Fadi G. Hage, Wael AlJaroudi
Early diabetes treatment does not prevent sympathetic dysinnervation in the streptozotocin diabetic rat heart
James T. Thackeray, Robert A. deKemp, Rob S. Beanlands, Jean N. DaSilva
Trying to prevent diabetic cardiovascular autonomic neuropathy: More questions than answers
Robert J. Gropler
The usefulness of FDG PET/CT imaging in suspicion of LVAD infection
Ghoufrane Tlili, François Picard, Jean-Baptiste Pinaquy, Pierre Domingues-Dos-Santos, Laurence Bordenave
Role of multimodality imaging including Thallium-201 myocardial perfusion imaging in the diagnosis and monitoring of treatment response in cardiac sarcoidosis
Devaki Shilpa Surasi, Padma Priya Manapragada, Steven G Lloyd, Pradeep Bhambhvani
Evaluation of inflamed coronary atherosclerotic plaques by PET: More evidences for a promising area of cardiovascular imaging
Federico Caobelli