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Low-density lipoprotein and noncalcified coronary plaque composition in patients with newly diagnosed coronary artery disease on computed tomographic angiographyVictor Y Cheng
Departments of Internal Medicine and Imaging, Cedars Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, California, USA
Am J Cardiol 105:761-6. 2010....- Performance of the Traditional Age, Sex, and Angina Typicality-Based Approach for Estimating Pretest Probability of Angiographically Significant Coronary Artery Disease in Patients Undergoing Coronary Computed Tomographic Angiography: Results From the MulVictor Y Cheng
8700 Beverly Blvd, Taper Bldg, Room 1258, Los Angeles, CA 90048
Circulation 124:2423-32. 2011.... - Reproducibility of coronary artery plaque volume and composition quantification by 64-detector row coronary computed tomographic angiography: an intraobserver, interobserver, and interscan variability studyVictor Y Cheng
Department of Medicine, 8700 Beverly Boulevard, Taper Building Room 1258, Cedars Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA 90048, USA
J Cardiovasc Comput Tomogr 3:312-20. 2009..Interscan variability of coronary arterial plaque volume and composition quantification with coronary computed tomographic angiography (CCTA), an important attribute when considering CCTA as a serial modality, has not been examined... - Impact of carbohydrate restriction with and without fatty acid loading on myocardial 18F-FDG uptake during PET: A randomized controlled trialVictor Y Cheng
Department of Medicine, Cedars Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA, USA
J Nucl Cardiol 17:286-91. 2010..We compared myocardial (18)F-FDG uptake in patients randomized to LC, HFLC, and unrestricted (UR) preparations prior to (18)F-FDG-PET... - Vulnerable plaque features on coronary CT angiography as markers of inducible regional myocardial hypoperfusion from severe coronary artery stenosesHaim Shmilovich
Heart Institute and the Departments of Imaging and Medicine, Cedars Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA, USA
Atherosclerosis 219:588-95. 2011.... - Threshold for the upper normal limit of indexed epicardial fat volume: derivation in a healthy population and validation in an outcome-based studyHaim Shmilovich
Department of Medicine, Heart Institute, Cardiac Imaging, Cedars Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, California
Am J Cardiol 108:1680-5. 2011..In conclusion, in a healthy population we determined 68.1 cm(3)/m(2) as the 95th percentile threshold for abnormally high EFVi. EFVi exceeding this value independently predicted MACE and trended to add to CCS and FRS in this prediction... - Comparison of the extent and severity of myocardial perfusion defects measured by CT coronary angiography and SPECT myocardial perfusion imagingBalaji K Tamarappoo
Department of Imaging, Division of Nuclear Medicine, Cedars Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, California 90048, USA
JACC Cardiovasc Imaging 3:1010-9. 2010.... - Automated 3-dimensional quantification of noncalcified and calcified coronary plaque from coronary CT angiographyDamini Dey
Departments of Imaging and Medicine, Cedars Sinai Medical Center, 8700 Beverly Boulevard, Taper Building, A238, Los Angeles, CA 90048, USA
J Cardiovasc Comput Tomogr 3:372-82. 2009..We aimed to develop an automated algorithm (APQ) for accurate volumetric quantification of non-calcified (NCP) and calcified plaque (CP) from coronary CT angiography (CCTA)... - Increased pericardial fat volume measured from noncontrast CT predicts myocardial ischemia by SPECTBalaji Tamarappoo
Department of Imaging, Cedars Sinai Medical Center and Cedars Sinai Heart Institute, Los Angeles, California, USA
JACC Cardiovasc Imaging 3:1104-12. 2010..We evaluated the association between pericardial fat and myocardial ischemia for risk stratification... - Increase in epicardial fat volume is associated with greater coronary artery calcification progression in subjects at intermediate risk by coronary calcium score: a serial study using non-contrast cardiac CTRine Nakanishi
Department of Imaging and Medicine, Cedars Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA, USA
Atherosclerosis 218:363-8. 2011..Epicardial fat volume (EFV) is related to calcified coronary plaques. However, it is unknown whether baseline EFV or changes in EFV affect the progression of coronary artery calcification over time... - Assessment of the relationship between stenosis severity and distribution of coronary artery stenoses on multislice computed tomographic angiography and myocardial ischemia detected by single photon emission computed tomographyBalaji K Tamarappoo
Department of Imaging Division of Nuclear Medicine, Cedars Sinai Medical Center, 8700 Beverly Boulevard, Room 1258, Los Angeles, California 90048, USA
J Nucl Cardiol 17:791-802. 2010..We sought to evaluate the relationship between stenosis severity assessed by CCTA and ischemia on SPECT-MPI... - Geometric feature-based multimodal image registration of contrast-enhanced cardiac CT with gated myocardial perfusion SPECTJonghye Woo
Department of Imaging AIM program, Cedars Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, California 90048, USA
Med Phys 36:5467-79. 2009..Fused anatomical and physiological data acquired sequentially on separate scanners can be coregistered to accurately diagnose CAD in specific coronary vessels... - Weight change modulates epicardial fat burden: a 4-year serial study with non-contrast computed tomographyRyo Nakazato
Departments of Imaging Division of Nuclear Medicine, Medicine Division of Cardiology, and the Cedars Sinai Heart Institute, Cedars Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA 90048, USA
Atherosclerosis 220:139-44. 2012..Epicardial fat volume (EFV) is linked to cardiovascular event risk. We aimed to investigate the relationships between EFV and weight change... - Assessment of left ventricular regional wall motion and ejection fraction with low-radiation dose helical dual-source CT: comparison to two-dimensional echocardiographyRyo Nakazato
Department of Imaging Division of Nuclear Medicine, Cedars Sinai Heart Institute, Cedars Sinai Medical Center, 8700 Beverly Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA 90048, USA
J Cardiovasc Comput Tomogr 5:149-57. 2011..Electrocardiographic (ECG)-based tube current modulation during cardiac CT reduces radiation exposure but significantly increases noise in parts of the cardiac cycle where tube current is minimized... - The relationship between epicardial fat volume and incident coronary artery calciumYuka Otaki
Department of Cardiac Imaging, Cedars Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA 90048, USA
J Cardiovasc Comput Tomogr 5:310-6. 2011..Epicardial fat volume (EFV) has been associated with prevalent but not incident coronary artery calcium. However, the relationship between EFV and development of incident coronary calcium (incCC) has not been reported... - Pericardial fat burden on ECG-gated noncontrast CT in asymptomatic patients who subsequently experience adverse cardiovascular eventsVictor Y Cheng
Department of Imaging, Cedars Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, California, USA
JACC Cardiovasc Imaging 3:352-60. 2010..We aimed to evaluate whether pericardial fat has value in predicting the risk of future adverse cardiovascular outcomes... - Interscan reproducibility of computer-aided epicardial and thoracic fat measurement from noncontrast cardiac CTRyo Nakazato
Department of Imaging Division of Nuclear Medicine, Cedars Sinai Heart Institute, Cedars Sinai Medical Center, 8700 Beverly Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90048, USA
J Cardiovasc Comput Tomogr 5:172-9. 2011..Interscan reproducibility of EFV quantification from noncontrast CT has not been reported... - Nonlinear registration of serial coronary CT angiography (CCTA) for assessment of changes in atherosclerotic plaqueJonghye Woo
Department of Imaging, Cedars Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, California 90048, USA
Med Phys 37:885-96. 2010..To this end, the authors aimed at developing a fully automatic nonlinear volume coregistration for longitudinal CCTA scan pairs... - Coronary artery calcium scoring using a reduced tube voltage and radiation dose protocol with dual-source computed tomographyRyo Nakazato
Department of Imaging, Cedars Sinai Medical Center, 8700 Beverly Boulevard, Taper Building Room 1258, Los Angeles, CA 90048, USA
J Cardiovasc Comput Tomogr 3:394-400. 2009..Technical advances to minimize radiation exposure because of imaging are in accord with the "as low as reasonably achievable" principle... - Prognostic value of automated vs visual analysis for adenosine stress myocardial perfusion SPECT in patients without prior coronary artery disease: a case-control studyYuan Xu
Departments of Imaging and Medicine, Cedars Sinai Medical Center, 8700 Beverly Blvd, Taper A047, Los Angeles, CA 90048, USA
J Nucl Cardiol 18:1003-9; quiz 1010-4. 2011.... - Computer-aided non-contrast CT-based quantification of pericardial and thoracic fat and their associations with coronary calcium and Metabolic SyndromeDamini Dey
Departments of Imaging and Medicine, Cedars Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA 90048, USA
Atherosclerosis 209:136-41. 2010.... - Relation of diagonal ear lobe crease to the presence, extent, and severity of coronary artery disease determined by coronary computed tomography angiographyHaim Shmilovich
Department of Medicine and Imaging, Heart Institute, Cardiac Imaging, Cedars Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, California
Am J Cardiol 109:1283-7. 2012..001). In conclusion, in this study of patients imaged with CT angiography, finding DELC was independently and significantly associated with increased prevalence, extent, and severity of CAD... - Low radiation coronary calcium scoring by dual-source CT with tube current optimization based on patient body sizeDamini Dey
Department of Biomedical Sciences and Biomedical Imaging Research Institute, Cedars Sinai Medical Center, 8700 Beverly Boulevard, Room A238, Taper Building, Los Angeles, CA 90048, USA
J Cardiovasc Comput Tomogr 6:113-20. 2012..Reducing tube voltage from 120 kV to 100 kV during noncontrast CT for the detection of coronary artery calcium reduces patient radiation exposure... - Automated quantitative Rb-82 3D PET/CT myocardial perfusion imaging: normal limits and correlation with invasive coronary angiographyRyo Nakazato
Departments of Imaging and Medicine, and Cedars Sinai Heart Institute, Cedars Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA 90048, USA
J Nucl Cardiol 19:265-76. 2012..We aimed to characterize normal limits and to determine the diagnostic accuracy for an automated quantification of 3D 82-Rubidium (Rb-82) PET/CT myocardial perfusion imaging (MPI)... - Epicardial fat volume and concurrent presence of both myocardial ischemia and obstructive coronary artery diseaseRyo Nakazato
Department of Imaging, Division of Nuclear Medicine and Medicine Division of Cardiology, Cedars Sinai Heart Institute, Cedars Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA 90048, USA
Atherosclerosis 221:422-6. 2012..Epicardial fat volume (EFV) is linked to cardiovascular event risk. The aim of this study was to evaluate whether EFV is independently related to concurrent presence of both myocardial ischemia and obstructive coronary stenosis... - Dual-source coronary computed tomography angiography in patients with atrial fibrillation: initial experienceArik Wolak
Departments of Imaging and Medicine, and CSMC Burns and Allen Research Institute, Cedars Sinai Medical Center, University of California at Los Angeles, CA, USA
J Cardiovasc Comput Tomogr 2:172-80. 2008..The 83-millisecond temporal resolution of the dual-source CT (DSCT) may be sufficient to allow CCTA in patients with AF... - Characterization of complex coronary artery stenosis morphology by coronary computed tomographic angiographyBrett M Wertman
Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Cedars Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, California, USA
JACC Cardiovasc Imaging 2:950-8. 2009..This study sought to assess the ability of coronary computed tomography angiography (CTA) in identifying complex coronary stenosis morphology before invasive coronary angiography (ICA) and percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI)... - Coronary arterial 18F-FDG uptake by fusion of PET and coronary CT angiography at sites of percutaneous stenting for acute myocardial infarction and stable coronary artery diseaseVictor Y Cheng
Heart Institute and Department of Imaging, Cedars Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA, USA
J Nucl Med 53:575-83. 2012..We examined (18)F-FDG uptake at the culprit sites of acute myocardial infarction (AMI) after percutaneous coronary stenting (PCS) by coregistering PET and coronary CT angiography (CTA)... - Quantitative analysis of myocardial perfusion SPECT anatomically guided by coregistered 64-slice coronary CT angiographyPiotr J Slomka
Department of Imaging, Cedars Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, California 90048, USA
J Nucl Med 50:1621-30. 2009..We have developed an automated technique for MPS-CTA registration and demonstrate its utility for improved MPS quantification by guiding the coregistered physiologic (MPS) with anatomic CTA information... - Presence and severity of noncalcified coronary plaque on 64-slice computed tomographic coronary angiography in patients with zero and low coronary artery calciumVictor Y Cheng
Division of Cardiology, Cedars Sinai Medical Center, Beverly Hills, California, USA
Am J Cardiol 99:1183-6. 2007..Low but detectable CAC scores are significantly less reliable in predicting plaque burden due to their association with high overall NCAP prevalence and nearly a 10% rate of significantly occlusive NCAP...