Background The Surgical Management of Arterial Revascularization Therapies trial was
conceived to rigorously compare completeness of revascularization, clinical outcomes and …

Background To compare cost-effectiveness and utility of four clinical algorithms to diagnose
obstructive coronary atherosclerotic heart disease (CAD), we compared exercise ECG (…

This study compares LV performance during high right ventricular septal (RVS) and apical (RVA)
pacing in patients with LV dysfunction who underwent His‐bundle ablation for chronic …

Cardiac positron emission tomography (PET) imaging is a well-validated, reimbursable means
to assess myocardial perfusion, left ventricular (LV) function, and viability. Presently, there …

BACKGROUND Fluorine 18 fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) uptake in the myocardium has been
well validated as an indicator of myocardial viability. 1-3 In addition, rubidium-82 and …

The purpose of evaluating myocardial perfusion during stress testing and at rest is to
determine whether there is evidence of myocardial ischemia and/or infarction in those patients …

The bull's-eye technique synthesizes three-dimensional information from single photon
emission computed tomographic 201TI¡ magesinto two dimensions so that a patient's data can …

Single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) myocardial^" Tl imaging appears
to offer major improvements over planar imaging. Quantitative analysis of the"'TI images …

Adenosine and theophylline were linked covalently to oxidized stachyose to produce compounds
too large to penetrate cell membranes. These compounds were used in two conscious …

POST-MORTEM studies have demonstrated the presence of many coronary arterial collateral
vessels in the normal human heart at birth and later in life. Some of these vessels are …