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Psychologic functioning and physical health: a paradigm of flexibilityAlan Rozanski
Division of Cardiology, St Luke s Roosevelt Hospital Center, 1111 Amsterdam Ave, New York, NY 10025, USA
Psychosom Med 67:S47-53. 2005..Pending further study, these observations could serve as the basis for expanding the potential behavioral interventions that may be used to assist patients with psychosocial risk factors for CAD...
The epidemiology, pathophysiology, and management of psychosocial risk factors in cardiac practice: the emerging field of behavioral cardiologyAlan Rozanski
Division of Cardiology, St Luke s Roosevelt Hospital Center, and the Department of Medicine, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, New York, USA
J Am Coll Cardiol 45:637-51. 2005....
Impact of psychological factors on the pathogenesis of cardiovascular disease and implications for therapyA Rozanski
Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, St Luke s Roosevelt Hospital Center, New York, NY 10025, USA
Circulation 99:2192-217. 1999..When they do so, the resultant risk for cardiac events is often substantially elevated, equaling that associated with previously established risk factors for CAD, such as hypertension and hypercholesterolemia...
Integrating psychologic approaches into the behavioral management of cardiac patientsAlan Rozanski
Division of Cardiology, St Luke s Roosevelt Hospital Center, 1111 Amsterdam Ave, New York, NY 10025, USA
Psychosom Med 67:S67-73. 2005....
Peripheral arterial responses to treadmill exercise among healthy subjects and atherosclerotic patientsA Rozanski
Department of Medicine, St Luke s Roosevelt Hospital, New York, NY 10025, USA
Circulation 103:2084-9. 2001..Such paradoxical vasoconstrictive responses were not observed in normal subjects and, therefore, they may represent generalized vascular pathology secondary to atherosclerosis...
Reliability of enhanced gated SPECT in assessing wall motion of severely hypoperfused myocardium: echocardiographic validationK Nichols
Department of Medicine, St Luke s Roosevelt Hospital, and Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, NY, USA
J Nucl Cardiol 5:387-94. 1998..This is especially important if transformed images are to be used to aid in the discernment of regional wall-motion abnormalities...
Predicting therapeutic benefit from myocardial revascularization procedures: are measurements of both resting left ventricular ejection fraction and stress-induced myocardial ischemia necessary?Rory Hachamovitch
Cardiovascular Division, Department of Medicine, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, Calif, USA
J Nucl Cardiol 13:768-78. 2006..We hypothesized that ejection fraction (EF) best predicts cardiovascular death but only measures of ischemia predict relative survival benefit from revascularization compared with medical therapy...
Cardiovascular stress response and coronary artery disease: evidence of an adverse postmenopausal effect in womenC N Bairey Merz
Department of Medicine, Cedars Sinai Research Institute, Cedars Sinai Medical Center, University of California School of Medicine, Los Angeles 90048, USA
Am Heart J 135:881-7. 1998..To test the hypothesis that postmenopausal women demonstrate greater vascular instability, measured by enhanced cardiovascular stress responses during mental stress, compared with men and premenopausal women...
Principal uses of myocardial perfusion scintigraphy in the management of patients with known or suspected coronary artery diseaseS S Yao
Department of Medicine, St Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital Center, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, NY 10019, USA
Prog Cardiovasc Dis 43:281-302. 2001....
Detection of occult left ventricular dysfunction in patients without prior clinical history of myocardial infarction by technetium-99m sestamibi myocardial perfusion gated single-photon emission computed tomographyShu Sun Yao
Division of Cardiology, St Luke s Roosevelt Hospital Center and Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, New York 10019, USA
Clin Cardiol 25:429-35. 2002..In the absence of a prior history of myocardial infarction (MI), left ventricular (LV) dysfunction is commonly due to hypertension, valvular heart disease, or hibernating myocardium...
Terrorism and the heart: implications for arrhythmogenesis and coronary artery diseaseEhtasham A Qureshi
Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, St Luke s Roosevelt Hospital Center, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, USA
Card Electrophysiol Rev 7:80-4. 2003....
Increased incidence of life-threatening ventricular arrhythmias in implantable defibrillator patients after the World Trade Center attackJonathan S Steinberg
Division of Cardiology, St Luke s Roosevelt Hospital Center and Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, New York 10025, USA
J Am Coll Cardiol 44:1261-4. 2004....
Do patient data ever exceed the partial volume limit in gated SPECT studies?K Nichols
Department of Medicine, St Luke s Roosevelt Hospital, and Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, New York 10025, USA
J Nucl Cardiol 5:484-90. 1998..Recent studies have challenged such assumptions, reporting that systolic count changes underestimate wall thickening as measured by echocardiography and magnetic resonance imaging...
Usefulness of finger blood flow during exercise as a marker of functionally significant coronary heart diseaseEhtasham Qureshi
Department of Medicine, St. Luke's/Roosevelt Hospital, New York, New York, USA
Am J Cardiol 90:756-9. 2002
Postexercise left ventricular function: a comparative assessment by different noninvasive imaging modalitiesA Rozanski
Department of Medicine, St Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital Center, New York, NY 10025, USA
Prog Cardiovasc Dis 43:335-50. 2001....
Role of F-18 FDG positron emission tomography (PET) in the assessment of myocardial viabilityMunir Ghesani
Division of Nuclear Medicine, Department of Radiology, St Luke s Roosevelt Hospital, New York, New York 10019, USA
Echocardiography 22:165-77. 2005..Mismatch between blood flow and FDG metabolism, an indicator of viable, jeopardized myocardium, can predict postrevascularization improvement in left ventricular function, symptomatic relief, and long-term survival...
Impact of weight on long-term survival among patients without known coronary artery disease and a normal stress SPECT MPISeth Uretsky
Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, St Luke s and Roosevelt Hospitals, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, 1111 Amsterdam Avenue, New York, NY, USA
J Nucl Cardiol 17:390-7. 2010..The extent to which an obesity paradox operates among patients with only suspected CAD, is not well determined...
Comparison of Tc-99m sestamibi and Tl-201 gated perfusion SPECTE G DePuey
Department of Radiology, St Luke s Roosevelt Hospital and Columbia University, College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, NY 10025, USA
J Nucl Cardiol 6:278-85. 1999..On a subsequent day gated Tl-201 SPECT was acquired for 15 minutes, 4 hours after a resting 3.5 mCi (130 MBq) injection. SPECT was performed over a 180-degree arc by use of a 90-degree angled 2-detector camera...
Stress radionuclide imaging versus stress echocardiography: a framework for comparisonsA Rozanski
Department of Medicine, St Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital Center, New York, NY 10025, USA
Prog Cardiovasc Dis 43:275-9. 2001..Furthermore, it is important to distinguish between a test's efficacy (ie, its intrinsic accuracy) and its effectiveness (ie, how it performs in the real world of clinical practice)...
Principles for combining radionuclide and echocardiographic stress imaging into a single clinical laboratory serviceA Rozanski
Department of Medicine, St Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital Center, New York, NY 10025, USA
Prog Cardiovasc Dis 43:363-72. 2001..in the interpretation of the results of testing; characterizing both the extent and severity of any induced myocardial ischemia; and analyzing the test results in a blinded fashion, without prior knowledge of patient clinical history..
Prognostic accuracy of B-natriuretic peptide measurements and coronary artery calcium in asymptomatic subjects (from the Early Identification of Subclinical Atherosclerosis by Noninvasive Imaging Research [EISNER] study)Leslee J Shaw
Department of Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Am J Cardiol 104:1245-50. 2009..4% and 35.7% of CV events in patients with hypertension and in elderly patients beyond the Framingham risk score. In conclusion, BNP and CAC are independently predictive of CV events...
Clinical outcomes after both coronary calcium scanning and exercise myocardial perfusion scintigraphyAlan Rozanski
Department of Medicine, St Luke s Roosevelt Hospital, New York, New York, USA
J Am Coll Cardiol 49:1352-61. 2007..The purpose of this work was to assess the prognosis in patients undergoing both coronary artery calcium (CAC) scanning and exercise myocardial perfusion scintigraphy (MPS)...
Prospective validation of a quantitative method for differentiating ischemic versus nonischemic cardiomyopathy by technetium-99m sestamibi myocardial perfusion single-photon emission computed tomographySiu Sun Yao
Division of Cardiology, St Luke s Roosevelt Hospital Center and Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, New York 10019, USA
Clin Cardiol 27:615-20. 2004..Quantitative analysis of perfusion patterns among patients with LV dysfunction offers an opportunity for developing criteria to differentiate ischemic from nonischemic cardiomyopathy...
Use of coronary calcium scanning for predicting inducible myocardial ischemia: Influence of patients' clinical presentationAlan Rozanski
Department of Cardiology, St Luke s Roosevelt Hospital Center, New York, NY, USA
J Nucl Cardiol 14:669-79. 2007..However, the potential influence of clinical factors on the relationship between CAC measurements and inducible ischemia has not yet been investigated...
Thoracic aortic calcium versus coronary artery calcium for the prediction of coronary heart disease and cardiovascular disease eventsNathan D Wong
Division of Cardiology, University of California, Irvine, California, USA
JACC Cardiovasc Imaging 2:319-26. 2009..This study compared the ability of coronary artery calcium (CAC) and thoracic aortic calcium (TAC) to predict coronary heart disease (CHD) and cardiovascular disease (CVD) events...
New concept in the pathogenesis of cardiovascular diseaseJeanine B Albu
Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, USA
AIDS Read 13:S20-4. 2003..It also summarizes available data on treatments of these risk factors...
Myeloperoxidase, subclinical atherosclerosis, and cardiovascular disease eventsNathan D Wong
Division of Cardiology, University of California, Irvine, California, USA
JACC Cardiovasc Imaging 2:1093-9. 2009..We evaluated whether myeloperoxidase (MPO) predicts future cardiovascular disease (CVD) events in asymptomatic adults and whether subclinical atherosclerosis may affect this relation...
Comparative use of radionuclide stress testing, coronary artery calcium scanning, and noninvasive coronary angiography for diagnostic and prognostic cardiac assessmentDaniel S Berman
Department of Imaging and Medicine, Cedars Sinai Medical Center, CSMC Burns and Allen Research Institute, Los Angeles, CA 90048, USA
Semin Nucl Med 37:2-16. 2007....
Prognostic implications of atrial fibrillation in patients undergoing myocardial perfusion single-photon emission computed tomographyAiden Abidov
Departments of Imaging (Division of Nuclear Medicine) and Medicine (Division of Cardiology, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, California 90048, USA
J Am Coll Cardiol 44:1062-70. 2004..Whether patients with AF and mildly abnormal MPS constitute a group more deserving of early referral to cardiac catheterization is a question warranting further study...
Relationship between stress-induced myocardial ischemia and atherosclerosis measured by coronary calcium tomographyDaniel S Berman
Department of Imaging, Burns and Allen Research Institute, Cedars Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, California 90048, USA
J Am Coll Cardiol 44:923-30. 2004....
Depression and increased myocardial ischemic activity in patients with ischemic heart diseaseWei Jiang
Departments of Department ofPsychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC 27710, USA
Am Heart J 146:55-61. 2003..The observed inverse association between higher level of depressive symptoms and ischemic activity needs to be further assessed in large samples...
Metabolic syndrome and diabetes are associated with an increased likelihood of inducible myocardial ischemia among patients with subclinical atherosclerosisNathan D Wong
Director of Cardiac Imaging, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, 8700 Beverly Bldg, Room 1258, Los Angeles, CA 90048, USA
Diabetes Care 28:1445-50. 2005..These findings suggest the need for assessment of metabolic status when interpreting the results of CAC imaging among patients undergoing such testing because of suspected CAD...
Roles of nuclear cardiology, cardiac computed tomography, and cardiac magnetic resonance: Noninvasive risk stratification and a conceptual framework for the selection of noninvasive imaging tests in patients with known or suspected coronary artery diseaseDaniel S Berman
Department of Imaging and Medicine, Cedars Sinai Medical Center, Burns and Allen Research Institute, Los Angeles, California 90048, USA
J Nucl Med 47:1107-18. 2006..We consider it likely that, with an increased emphasis on prevention and a concomitant aging of the population, many forms of noninvasive cardiac imaging will continue to grow, with nuclear cardiology continuing to grow...
Assessment of peripheral artery tonometry in the detection of treadmill exercise-induced myocardial ischemiaPierre Chouraqui
Nuclear Cardiology Unit, The Heart Institute, Chaim Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer, Israel
J Am Coll Cardiol 40:2195-200. 2002....
Social network and coronary artery calcification in asymptomatic individualsWillem J Kop
Department of Medical and Clinical Psychology, Uniformed Services University, 4301 Jones Bridge Road, Bethesda, MD 20814, USA
Psychosom Med 67:343-52. 2005..Psychosocial factors are associated with the development of coronary artery disease. However, studies examining psychosocial factors as risk indicators for coronary artery calcification (CAC) have been inconclusive...
The clinical impact of negative psychological states: expanding the spectrum of risk for coronary artery diseaseLaura D Kubzansky
Department of Society, Human Development, and Health, Harvard School of Public Health, 677 Huntington Ave, Boston, MA 02115, USA
Psychosom Med 67:S10-4. 2005..The association between even mild depressive symptoms and sequelae of cardiac disease raises the following question: Is the spectrum of psychological factors associated with cardiac disease greater than previously recognized?..
Prognostic significance of dyspnea in patients referred for cardiac stress testingAiden Abidov
Department of Imaging, Division of Nuclear Medicine, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA 90048, USA
N Engl J Med 353:1889-98. 2005..Our results suggest that an assessment of dyspnea should be incorporated into the clinical evaluation of patients referred for cardiac stress testing...
Proceed with caution: reliance on coronary angiography to exclude organic disease in womenAlan Rozanski
J Nucl Cardiol 13:450-6. 2006
Roles of nuclear cardiology, cardiac computed tomography, and cardiac magnetic resonance: assessment of patients with suspected coronary artery diseaseDaniel S Berman
Department of Imaging and Medicine, Cedars Sinai Medical Center, Burns and Allen Research Institute, Los Angeles, California 90048, USA
J Nucl Med 47:74-82. 2006..While CT and CMR are likely to grow considerably in diagnostic evaluation over the next several years, MPS and PET will continue to be very valuable techniques for this purpose...
