Determinants of risk and its temporal variation in patients with normal stress myocardial perfusion scans: what is the warranty period of a normal scan?

R Hachamovitch, S Hayes, JD Friedman… - Journal of the American …, 2003 - jacc.org
Objectives: The aim of this study was to determine the predictors of risk and the temporal
characteristics of risk associated with normal myocardial perfusion single photon emission …

Stress myocardial perfusion single-photon emission computed tomography is clinically effective and cost effective in risk stratification of patients with a high likelihood …

R Hachamovitch, SW Hayes, JD Friedman… - Journal of the American …, 2004 - jacc.org
Objectives: We sought to evaluate the prognostic and cost implications of stress myocardial
perfusion single-photon emission computed tomography (SPECT), or MPS, in patients with a …

Incremental prognostic value of myocardial perfusion single photon emission computed tomography for the prediction of cardiac death: differential stratification for risk …

R Hachamovitch, DS Berman, LJ Shaw, H Kiat… - Circulation, 1998 - Am Heart Assoc
Background—The incremental prognostic value of stress single photon emission computed
tomography (SPECT) for the prediction of cardiac death as an individual end point and the …

Comparison of the short-term survival benefit associated with revascularization compared with medical therapy in patients with no prior coronary artery disease …

R Hachamovitch, SW Hayes, JD Friedman, I Cohen… - Circulation, 2003 - Am Heart Assoc
Background—The relationship between the amount of inducible ischemia present on stress
myocardial perfusion single photon emission computed tomography (myocardial perfusion …

Value of stress myocardial perfusion single photon emission computed tomography in patients with normal resting electrocardiograms: an evaluation of incremental …

R Hachamovitch, DS Berman, H Kiat, I Cohen… - Circulation, 2002 - Am Heart Assoc
Background—The incremental value and cost-effectiveness of stress single photon emission
computed tomography (SPECT) is of unclear added value over clinical and exercise …

Comparison of risk stratification with pharmacologic and exercise stress myocardial perfusion imaging: a meta-analysis

SM Navare, JF Mather, LJ Shaw, MS Fowler… - Journal of nuclear …, 2004 - Springer
Background Although pharmacologic stress myocardial perfusion imaging (MPI) and
exercise stress MPI have comparable diagnostic accuracy, their comparative value for risk …

Comparative prognostic value of automatic quantitative analysis versus semiquantitative visual analysis of exercise myocardial perfusion single-photon emission …

DS Berman, X Kang, KF Van Train, HC Lewin… - Journal of the American …, 1998 - jacc.org
Objectives. The purpose of this study was to determine the prognostic value of automatic
quantitative analysis in exercise dual-isotope myocardial perfusion single-photon emission …

Prognostic implications of myocardial perfusion single-photon emission computed tomography in the elderly

R Hachamovitch, X Kang, AM Amanullah, A Abidov… - Circulation, 2009 - Am Heart Assoc
Background—The goal of this study was to assess the clinical value of stress myocardial
perfusion scintigraphy (MPS) in elderly patients (≥ 75 years of age). Methods and Results …

Temporal trends in the frequency of inducible myocardial ischemia during cardiac stress testing: 1991 to 2009

A Rozanski, H Gransar, SW Hayes, J Min… - Journal of the American …, 2013 - jacc.org
Objectives: This study sought to assess whether the frequency of inducible myocardial
ischemia during stress-rest single-photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) …

Incremental prognostic value of adenosine stress myocardial perfusion single-photon emission computed tomography and impact on subsequent management in …

R Hachamovitch, DS Berman, H Kiat, I Cohen… - The American journal of …, 1997 - Elsevier
We examined 1,159 consecutive patients who underwent adenosine stress dual isotope
single-photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) and had follow-up performed at a …