Issue 6/2014
Content (31 Articles)
A selection of recent, original research papers
Saurabh Malhotra, Prem Soman
Relation of early post-stress left ventricular dyssynchrony and the extent of angiographic coronary artery disease
Wen-Sheng Huang, Ching-Hui Huang, Cheng-Liang Lee, Ching-Pei Chen, Guang-Uei Hung, Ji Chen
Assessment of left ventricular mechanical dyssynchrony by phase analysis of gated-SPECT myocardial perfusion imaging and tissue Doppler imaging: Comparison between QGS and ECTb software packages
Fereydoon Rastgou, Maryam Shojaeifard, Ahmad Amin, Tahereh Ghaedian, Hasan Firoozabadi, Hadi Malek, Nahid Yaghoobi, Ahmad Bitarafan-Rajabi, Majid Haghjoo, Hedieh Amouzadeh, Hossein Barati
The potential role of gated myocardial perfusion SPECT imaging in patient selection for cardiac resynchronization therapy
Nina Ajmone Marsan, Jeroen J. Bax
Feasibility and operator variability of myocardial blood flow and reserve measurements with 99mTc-sestamibi quantitative dynamic SPECT/CT imaging
Ran Klein, Guang-Uei Hung, Tao-Cheng Wu, Wen-Sheng Huang, Dianfu Li, Robert A. deKemp, Bailing Hsu
Myocardial blood flow quantification with SPECT and conventional tracers: a critical appraisal
Stephan G. Nekolla, Christoph Rischpler, Kenichi Nakajima
Absolute myocardial blood flow quantification with SPECT/CT: Is it possible?
Piotr J. Slomka, Daniel S. Berman, Guido Germano
Molecular imaging to predict ventricular arrhythmia in heart failure
Tim Wollenweber, Frank M. Bengel
Molecular imaging of plaque vulnerability
Sina Tavakoli, Aseem Vashist, Mehran M. Sadeghi
Cardiovascular risk stratification in diabetic patients following stress single-photon emission-computed tomography myocardial perfusion imaging: The impact of achieved exercise level
Santosh K. Padala, Abhijit Ghatak, Sandeep Padala, Deborah M. Katten, Donna M. Polk, Gary V. Heller
Cardiovascular risk stratification in diabetic patients: Is all in METS?
Mario Petretta, Wanda Acampa, Alberto Cuocolo
Single-photon emission computed tomography myocardial perfusion imaging-assessed stress perfusion defect severity is associated with mortality independent of ethnicity in an Asian population
Chee Tang Chin, Fei Gao, Felix Y. J. Keng, Bimal R. Shah, Angela S. Koh, Ru San Tan, Terrance S. J. Chua
Development and validation of a patient-tailored dose regime in myocardial perfusion imaging using CZT-SPECT
J. D. van Dijk, P. L. Jager, M. Mouden, C. H. Slump, J. P. Ottervanger, J. de Boer, A. H. J. Oostdijk, J. A. van Dalen
Detection of post-exercise stunning by early gated SPECT myocardial perfusion imaging: Results from the IAEA multi-center study
Fernando Mut, Raffaele Giubbini, Joao Vitola, Lara Lusa, Dragana Sobic-Saranovic, Amalia Peix, Francesco Bertagna, Dieu Hang Bui, Carlos Cunha, Jerry Obaldo, Carlo Rodella, Luca Camoni, Diana Paez, Maurizio Dondi
Should early post-stress imaging be performed on a routine clinical basis for myocardial perfusion studies?
Raymond Taillefer
Relationship between myocardial perfusion abnormalities and contractile impairment in anginal patients
Alessia Gimelli, Riccardo Liga, Assuero Giorgetti, Mirta Casagranda, Paolo Marzullo
In-vivo monitoring of erythropoietin treatment after myocardial infarction in mice with [68Ga]Annexin A5 and [18F]FDG PET
Andrei Todica, Mathias J. Zacherl, Hao Wang, Guido Böning, Nathalie L. Jansen, Carmen Wängler, Peter Bartenstein, Michael C. Kreissl, Marcus Hacker, Stefan Brunner, Sebastian Lehner
Stress-only SPECT myocardial perfusion imaging: A review
B. M. Pampana Gowd, Gary V. Heller, Matthew. W. Parker
Long-term prognostic value of myocardial perfusion imaging in octogenarians able to undergo treadmill exercise stress testing
Athanasios Katsikis, Athanasios Theodorakos, Spyridon Papaioannou, Virginia Tsapaki, Genovefa Kolovou, Alexandros Drosatos, Maria Koutelou
The effect of beta blocker withdrawal on adenosine myocardial perfusion imaging
C. Hoffmeister, R. Preuss, R. Weise, W. Burchert, O. Lindner
The impacts of severe perfusion defects, akinetic/dyskinetic segments, and viable myocardium on the accuracy of volumes and LVEF measured by gated 99mTc-MIBI SPECT and gated 18F-FDG PET in patients with left ventricular aneurysm: cardiac magnetic resonance imaging as the reference
Hongxing Wei, Congna Tian, Thomas H. Schindler, Mei Qiu, Minjie Lu, Rui Shen, Yueqin Tian, Shi-hua Zhao, Xiaoli Zhang
Multimodality imaging: bird’s eye view from The European Society of Cardiology Congress 2014 Barcelona, August 30-September 3, 2014
Jeroen J. Bax, Victoria Delgado, Stephan Achenbach, Udo Sechtem, Juhani Knuuti
Review of cardiovascular literature
Fadi G. Hage, Wael AlJaroudi
ASNC’s International Outreach
Mediastinal thymoma diagnosed with Tc-99m tetrofosmin SPECT myocardial perfusion imaging
Elsayed Abo-Salem, Myron Gerson
Myocardial perfusion SPECT horizontal motion artifact
Vikram Agarwal, E. Gordon DePuey