Tamar Gaspar

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Country: Israel

Publications

  1. ncbi Advantages of multidetector computed tomography angiography in the evaluation of patients with chest pain
    Tamar Gaspar
    Department of Radiology, Lady Davis Carmel Medical Center, Haifa, Israel
    Coron Artery Dis 17:107-13. 2006
  2. ncbi Clinical applications and future trends in cardiac CTA
    Tamar Gaspar
    Department of Radiology, Lady Davis Carmel Medical Center, 7 Michal Street, Haifa 34362, Israel
    Eur Radiol 15:D10-4. 2005
  3. ncbi Usefulness of 64-slice cardiac computed tomographic angiography for diagnosing acute coronary syndromes and predicting clinical outcome in emergency department patients with chest pain of uncertain origin
    Ronen Rubinshtein
    Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Lady Davis Carmel Medical Center and the Ruth and Bruce Rappaport School of Medicine, Technion Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel
    Circulation 115:1762-8. 2007
  4. ncbi Impact of 64-slice cardiac computed tomographic angiography on clinical decision-making in emergency department patients with chest pain of possible myocardial ischemic origin
    Ronen Rubinshtein
    Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Lady Davis Carmel Medical Center and Ruth and Bruce Rappaport School of Medicine, Technion Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel
    Am J Cardiol 100:1522-6. 2007
  5. ncbi Usefulness of 64-slice multidetector computed tomography in diagnostic triage of patients with chest pain and negative or nondiagnostic exercise treadmill test result
    Ronen Rubinshtein
    Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Lady Davis Carmel Medical Center, and Ruth and Bruce Rappaport School of Medicine, Technion Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel
    Am J Cardiol 99:925-9. 2007
  6. ncbi Cardiac computed tomographic angiography for risk stratification and prediction of late cardiovascular outcome events in patients with a chest pain syndrome
    Ronen Rubinshtein
    Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Lady Davis Carmel Medical Center and the Ruth and Bruce Rappaport School of Medicine, Technion Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel
    Int J Cardiol 137:108-15. 2009
  7. ncbi Current status and clinical applications of cardiac multidetector computed tomography
    David A Halon
    Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Lady Davis Carmel Medical Center, Haifa, Israel
    Cardiology 109:73-84. 2008
  8. ncbi Uses and limitations of 40 slice multi-detector row spiral computed tomography for diagnosing coronary lesions in unselected patients referred for routine invasive coronary angiography
    David A Halon
    Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Lady Davis Carmel Medical Center and the Ruth and Bruce Rappaport School of Medicine, Technion Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel
    Cardiology 108:200-9. 2007
  9. ncbi Pulse pressure and coronary atherosclerosis in asymptomatic type 2 diabetes mellitus: a 64 channel cardiac computed tomography analysis
    David A Halon
    Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Lady Davis Carmel Medical Center, Haifa, Israel
    Int J Cardiol 143:63-71. 2010
  10. ncbi Coronary stent assessment on multidetector computed tomography: source and predictors of image distortion
    David A Halon
    Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Lady Davis Carmel Medical Center and the Ruth and Bruce Rappaport School of Medicine, Technion Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel
    Int J Cardiol 128:62-8. 2008

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  1. ncbi Advantages of multidetector computed tomography angiography in the evaluation of patients with chest pain
    Tamar Gaspar
    Department of Radiology, Lady Davis Carmel Medical Center, Haifa, Israel
    Coron Artery Dis 17:107-13. 2006
    ....
  2. ncbi Clinical applications and future trends in cardiac CTA
    Tamar Gaspar
    Department of Radiology, Lady Davis Carmel Medical Center, 7 Michal Street, Haifa 34362, Israel
    Eur Radiol 15:D10-4. 2005
    ..The future holds the prospect of automatic analysis of coronary plaque and luminal stenosis possibly opening up a new vista for non-invasive risk assessment...
  3. ncbi Usefulness of 64-slice cardiac computed tomographic angiography for diagnosing acute coronary syndromes and predicting clinical outcome in emergency department patients with chest pain of uncertain origin
    Ronen Rubinshtein
    Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Lady Davis Carmel Medical Center and the Ruth and Bruce Rappaport School of Medicine, Technion Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel
    Circulation 115:1762-8. 2007
    ....
  4. ncbi Impact of 64-slice cardiac computed tomographic angiography on clinical decision-making in emergency department patients with chest pain of possible myocardial ischemic origin
    Ronen Rubinshtein
    Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Lady Davis Carmel Medical Center and Ruth and Bruce Rappaport School of Medicine, Technion Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel
    Am J Cardiol 100:1522-6. 2007
    ....
  5. ncbi Usefulness of 64-slice multidetector computed tomography in diagnostic triage of patients with chest pain and negative or nondiagnostic exercise treadmill test result
    Ronen Rubinshtein
    Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Lady Davis Carmel Medical Center, and Ruth and Bruce Rappaport School of Medicine, Technion Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel
    Am J Cardiol 99:925-9. 2007
    ....
  6. ncbi Cardiac computed tomographic angiography for risk stratification and prediction of late cardiovascular outcome events in patients with a chest pain syndrome
    Ronen Rubinshtein
    Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Lady Davis Carmel Medical Center and the Ruth and Bruce Rappaport School of Medicine, Technion Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel
    Int J Cardiol 137:108-15. 2009
    ....
  7. ncbi Current status and clinical applications of cardiac multidetector computed tomography
    David A Halon
    Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Lady Davis Carmel Medical Center, Haifa, Israel
    Cardiology 109:73-84. 2008
    ..MDCT is expected to become an integral part of our diagnostic armamentarium in the cardiac patient...
  8. ncbi Uses and limitations of 40 slice multi-detector row spiral computed tomography for diagnosing coronary lesions in unselected patients referred for routine invasive coronary angiography
    David A Halon
    Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Lady Davis Carmel Medical Center and the Ruth and Bruce Rappaport School of Medicine, Technion Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel
    Cardiology 108:200-9. 2007
    ..The value of multi-detector row computed tomography (MDCT) in routine cardiology practice is uncertain. We examined the applicability of MDCT imaging for the diagnosis of obstructive coronary artery disease in a routine clinical setting...
  9. ncbi Pulse pressure and coronary atherosclerosis in asymptomatic type 2 diabetes mellitus: a 64 channel cardiac computed tomography analysis
    David A Halon
    Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Lady Davis Carmel Medical Center, Haifa, Israel
    Int J Cardiol 143:63-71. 2010
    ..We examined if this correlation was related to a greater coronary plaque burden in patients with high pulse pressure using 64 channel coronary computed tomographic angiography (CCTA) in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus...
  10. ncbi Coronary stent assessment on multidetector computed tomography: source and predictors of image distortion
    David A Halon
    Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Lady Davis Carmel Medical Center and the Ruth and Bruce Rappaport School of Medicine, Technion Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel
    Int J Cardiol 128:62-8. 2008
    ..We examined the degree of image distortion of implanted coronary stents on MDCT, comparing different stent types, sizes and orientation...
  11. ncbi Prevalence and extent of obstructive coronary artery disease in patients with zero or low calcium score undergoing 64-slice cardiac multidetector computed tomography for evaluation of a chest pain syndrome
    Ronen Rubinshtein
    Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Lady Davis Carmel Medical Center, and the Ruth and Bruce Rappaport School of Medicine, Technion Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel
    Am J Cardiol 99:472-5. 2007
    ..Contrast-enhanced multidetector computed tomography should be the noninvasive computed tomographic test of choice when possible in these patients...
  12. ncbi Image quality in obese patients undergoing 256-row computed tomography coronary angiography
    Orit Lesman Segev
    Department of Radiology, Lady Davis Carmel Medical Center, Haifa, Israel
    Int J Cardiovasc Imaging 28:633-9. 2012
    ..014) and image noise (44 ± 13 vs. 35 ± 5 HU, P < 0.001) were higher in the obese patient group. Image quality was preserved in obese patients undergoing 256-row CTCA at the cost of increased radiation exposure and image noise...
  13. ncbi Initial experience with a cardiologist-based chest pain unit in an emergency department in Israel
    Ronen Rubinshtein
    Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Carmel Medical Center, Haifa, Israel
    Isr Med Assoc J 8:329-32. 2006
    ..Emergency room triage of patients presenting with chest pain syndromes may be difficult. Under-diagnosis may be dangerous, while over-diagnosis may be costly...
  14. ncbi Visceral abdominal adipose tissue and coronary atherosclerosis in asymptomatic diabetics
    Alla Khashper
    Department of Radiology, Lady Davis Carmel Medical Center and the Ruth and Bruce Rappaport School of Medicine, Technion Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel
    Int J Cardiol 162:184-8. 2013
    ..We examined the relation between VAT, non-alcoholic fatty liver disease and extent of coronary atheroma in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus but no known coronary artery disease...
  15. ncbi Diagnostic accuracy of 256-row computed tomographic angiography for detection of obstructive coronary artery disease using invasive quantitative coronary angiography as reference standard
    Oleg Petcherski
    Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Lady Davis Carmel Medical Center and Ruth and Bruce Rappaport School of Medicine, Technion Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel
    Am J Cardiol 111:510-5. 2013
    ..Although coronary calcification might still interfere with analysis, the rate of nonassessable segments was low...
  16. ncbi Diagnosis of coronary in-stent restenosis with multidetector row spiral computed tomography
    Tamar Gaspar
    Department of Radiology, Lady Davis Carmel Medical Center, Haifa, Israel
    J Am Coll Cardiol 46:1573-9. 2005
    ..9%, specificity 80.6%, PPV 47.1%, and NPV 97.4%. CONCLUSIONS: In-stent restenosis can be diagnosed with moderate sensitivity using a new generation 40-slice MDCT scanner. The high NPV implies a significant role for MDCT in excluding ISR...
  17. ncbi The role of 16-slice computed tomography angiography in the diagnosis of coronary artery disease: large sample analysis
    Tamar Gaspar
    Department of Radiology, Carmel Medical Center, Haifa, Israel
    Isr Med Assoc J 7:424-7. 2005
    ..In the future it will probably replace part of the diagnostic invasive coronary angiography and, as a result, a large proportion of coronary angiography procedures will be therapeutic...
  18. ncbi Three-dimensional imaging of the left ventricular outflow tract: impact on aortic valve area estimation by the continuity equation
    Tamar Gaspar
    Department of Radiology, Lady Davis Carmel Medical Center and the Ruth and Bruce Rappaport Faculty of Medicine, Technion Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel
    J Am Soc Echocardiogr 25:749-57. 2012
    ..The aim of this study was to compare measurements of LVOT area and AVA using 2D and three-dimensional (3D) TTE and cardiac computed tomographic angiography (CCTA) in an attempt to improve the accuracy of AVA estimation using TTE...
  19. ncbi Noninvasive evaluation of arterial grafts with newly released multidetector computed tomography
    Jacob Gurevitch
    Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, The Lady Davis Carmel Medical Center, affiliated to the Rappaport Faculty of Medicine, Technion Haifa, Israel
    Ann Thorac Surg 76:1523-7. 2003
    ..We investigated the potential value of the newest generation of multidetector-row computer tomographic scanners in assessing bypass grafts...
  20. ncbi Images in cardiovascular medicine. Acute reversible bioprosthetic mitral valve stenosis caused by heparin-induced thrombocytopenia
    Amnon Y Zlotnick
    Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Lady Davis Carmel Medical Center and the Ruth and Bruce Rappaport Faculty of Medicine, Technion, Israel
    Circulation 118:e73-5. 2008