Myocardial perfusion imaging after coronary revascularization: a clinical appraisal

W Acampa, MP Petretta, S Daniele… - European journal of …, 2013 - Springer
Revascularization procedures, including percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) and
coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG), are performed in many patients with coronary artery …

Absolute quantification of myocardial perfusion: a method proves its mettle

M Hacker - Circulation: Cardiovascular Imaging, 2011 - Am Heart Assoc
Coronary artery disease (CAD) remains the main cause of death in the western world,
despite the considerable improvements in its diagnosis and therapy in the past few decades …

Revisiting the definition of perioperative myocardial infarction after coronary artery bypass grafting

K Thygesen, AS Jaffe - European heart journal, 2022 - academic.oup.com
EDITORIAL procedure itself. 1 This is still the case, even though the authors of their
articulation in the present issue of the European Heart Journal in their Introduction suggest …

Current practice and recommendation for presurgical cardiac evaluation in patients undergoing noncardiac surgeries

S Padma, P Sundaram - World Journal of Nuclear Medicine, 2014 - thieme-connect.com
The increasing number of patients with coronary artery disease (CAD) undergoing major
noncardiac surgery justifies guidelines concerning preoperative cardiac evaluation. This is …

Selecting optimal non-invasive cardiac imaging stress test in intermediate-risk patients using cost effectiveness analysis

D Poldermans, JJ Bax - European Heart Journal, 2006 - academic.oup.com
Coronary artery disease is the leading cause of death in the Western society. 1 The use of
non-invasive cardiac imaging in combination with exercise or pharmacological stress has …

Are long-term outcomes of medium-to high-risk patients undergoing vascular surgery affected by the ischemia evaluation strategy?

RC Pullatt, DI Silverman, GV Heller - Journal of the American College of …, 2010 - jacc.org
In their recently published paper, Monaco et al.(1) examined the efficacy of 2 different
strategies for pre-operative risk stratification in patients requiring vascular surgery. The …

The assessment of ischaemic burden: thoughts on definition and quantification

E Nagel, LJ Shaw - European Heart Journal–Cardiovascular …, 2014 - academic.oup.com
The most recent guidelines recommend some proof of ischaemia before invasive
angiography or revascularization. 1 This is based on multiple outcome studies, mainly from …

Coronary computed tomography angiography as a gatekeeper to coronary revascularization: emphasizing atherosclerosis findings beyond stenosis

IJ van den Hoogen, AR van Rosendael, FY Lin… - Current cardiovascular …, 2019 - Springer
Abstract Purpose of Review Coronary computed tomography angiography (CCTA) is the
optimal non-invasive test to rule out coronary artery disease (CAD). Decisions to perform …

Methods and limitations of assessing new noninvasive tests: part I: Anatomy-based validation of noninvasive testing

R Hachamovitch, MF Di Carli - Circulation, 2008 - Am Heart Assoc
Image interpretation may introduce additional biases, most notably the use of clinical data by
the reader (eg, likelihood of coronary artery disease [CAD] and/or symptoms). For example …

Role of invasive functional assessment in surgical revascularization of coronary artery disease

B Baibhav, M Gedela, M Moulton, G Pavlides… - Circulation, 2018 - Am Heart Assoc
In patients with stable coronary artery disease, percutaneous coronary intervention is
associated with improved outcomes if the lesion is deemed significant by invasive functional …