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How to identify the asymptomatic high-risk patient?

Schuijf JD, Achenbach S, Zoghbi WA, Boersma E, Raggi P, Weber M, Nagel E, Narula J, Wackers FJ, Poldermans D, Bax JJ.

Curr Probl Cardiol. 2009 Nov;34(11):539-77.PMID: 19804855 [PubMed - in process]Related articles

Lessons learned from the detection of ischemia in asymptomatic diabetics (DIAD) study.

Wackers FJ, Young LH.

J Nucl Cardiol. 2009 Nov-Dec;16(6):855-9. Epub 2009 Aug 15. No abstract available. PMID: 19685266 [PubMed - in process]Related articles

Customized exercise testing.

Wackers FJ.

J Am Coll Cardiol. 2009 Aug 4;54(6):546-8. No abstract available. PMID: 19643317 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Chest pain in the emergency department: role of cardiac imaging.

Wackers FJ.

Heart. 2009 Jun;95(12):1023-30. No abstract available. PMID: 19478114 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Utility of cardiac biomarkers in predicting infarct size, left ventricular function, and clinical outcome after primary percutaneous coronary intervention for ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction.

Chia S, Senatore F, Raffel OC, Lee H, Wackers FJ, Jang IK.

JACC Cardiovasc Interv. 2008 Aug;1(4):415-23.PMID: 19463339 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Cardiac outcomes after screening for asymptomatic coronary artery disease in patients with type 2 diabetes: the DIAD study: a randomized controlled trial.

Young LH, Wackers FJ, Chyun DA, Davey JA, Barrett EJ, Taillefer R, Heller GV, Iskandrian AE, Wittlin SD, Filipchuk N, Ratner RE, Inzucchi SE; DIAD Investigators.

JAMA. 2009 Apr 15;301(15):1547-55.PMID: 19366774 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Association of leukocyte and neutrophil counts with infarct size, left ventricular function and outcomes after percutaneous coronary intervention for ST-elevation myocardial infarction.

Chia S, Nagurney JT, Brown DF, Raffel OC, Bamberg F, Senatore F, Wackers FJ, Jang IK.

Am J Cardiol. 2009 Feb 1;103(3):333-7. Epub 2008 Nov 17.PMID: 19166685 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Highlights of the 2008 scientific sessions of the American Society of Nuclear Cardiology : Boston, Massachusetts, 10-14 September 2008.

Russell RR, Abbott BG, Arrighi JA, Bengel FM, Case JA, Faber TL, Holly TA, Mieres JH, Miller TD, Shaw LJ, Wackers FJ, Bax JJ.

J Nucl Cardiol. 2009 May-Jun;16(3):440-6. Epub 2009 Jan 22. No abstract available. PMID: 19159991 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Detection of coronary artery disease with perfusion stress echocardiography using a novel ultrasound imaging agent: two Phase 3 international trials in comparison with radionuclide perfusion imaging.

Senior R, Monaghan M, Main ML, Zamorano JL, Tiemann K, Agati L, Weissman NJ, Klein AL, Marwick TH, Ahmad M, DeMaria AN, Zabalgoitia M, Becher H, Kaul S, Udelson JE, Wackers FJ, Walovitch RC, Picard MH; RAMP-1 and RAMP-2 Investigators.

Eur J Echocardiogr. 2009 Jan;10(1):26-35.PMID: 19131498 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Procedure guideline for myocardial perfusion imaging 3.3.

Strauss HW, Miller DD, Wittry MD, Cerqueira MD, Garcia EV, Iskandrian AS, Schelbert HR, Wackers FJ, Balon HR, Lang O, Machac J.

J Nucl Med Technol. 2008 Sep;36(3):155-61. Epub 2008 Aug 14. No abstract available. PMID: 18703619 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Different manifestations of coronary artery disease by stress SPECT myocardial perfusion imaging, coronary calcium scoring, and multislice CT coronary angiography in asymptomatic patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus.

Scholte AJ, Schuijf JD, Kharagjitsingh AV, Dibbets-Schneider P, Stokkel MP, Jukema JW, van der Wall EE, Bax JJ, Wackers FJ.

J Nucl Cardiol. 2008 Jul-Aug;15(4):503-9. Epub 2008 Apr 21.PMID: 18674717 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Task force 5: training in nuclear cardiology endorsed by the American Society of Nuclear Cardiology.

Cerqueira MD, Berman DS, Di Carli MF, Schelbert HR, Wackers FJ, Williams KA; American Society of Nuclear Cardiology.

J Am Coll Cardiol. 2008 Jan 22;51(3):368-74. No abstract available. Erratum in: J Am Coll Cardiol. 2008 Mar 25;51(12):1236. PMID: 18206754 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Imaging highlights from the European Society of Cardiology, American Society of Nuclear Cardiology, and Heart Failure Society of America.

Knuuti J, Poldermans D, Udelson JE, Wackers FJ, Bax JJ.

JACC Cardiovasc Imaging. 2008 Jan;1(1):119-28.PMID: 19356415 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

A randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled study of the safety and efficacy of intravenous MCC-135 as an adjunct to primary percutaneous coronary intervention in patients with acute myocardial infarction: Evaluation of MCC-135 for left ventricular salvage in acute myocardial infarction (EVOLVE).

Jang IK, Weissman NJ, Picard MH, Zile MR, Pettigrew V, Shen S, Tatsuno J, Hibberd MG, Tzivoni D, Wackers FJ; EVOLVE Investigators.

Am Heart J. 2008 Jan;155(1):113.e1-8. Epub 2007 Nov 1.PMID: 18082500 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Highlights of the 2007 scientific sessions of the American Society of Nuclear Cardiology San Diego, California, September 6-9, 2007.

Russell RR, Abbott BG, Arrighi JA, Bengel FM, Cohen MC, Garcia EV, Hendel RC, Holly TA, Mieres JH, Shaw LJ, Thomas GS, Thompson RC, Wackers FJ, Bax JJ.

J Am Coll Cardiol. 2007 Dec 11;50(24):2336-43. Epub 2007 Nov 26. No abstract available. PMID: 18068044 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Resolution of asymptomatic myocardial ischemia in patients with type 2 diabetes in the Detection of Ischemia in Asymptomatic Diabetics (DIAD) study.

Wackers FJ, Chyun DA, Young LH, Heller GV, Iskandrian AE, Davey JA, Barrett EJ, Taillefer R, Wittlin SD, Filipchuk N, Ratner RE, Inzucchi SE; Detection of Ischemia in Asymptomatic Diabetics (DIAD) Investigators.

Diabetes Care. 2007 Nov;30(11):2892-8. Epub 2007 Aug 6.PMID: 17682123 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Highlights of the 2006 Scientific sessions of the American Society of Nuclear Cardiology: Montreal, Canada, September 7 to 10, 2006.

Bax JJ, Abbott BG, Beanlands RS, Bengel F, Berman DS, Garcia EV, Hendel RC, Mieres JH, Shaw LJ, Wackers FJ.

J Am Coll Cardiol. 2007 Jan 30;49(4):502-8. Epub 2007 Jan 12. No abstract available. PMID: 17258098 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Myocardial perfusion planar imaging.

Tilkemeier PL, Wackers FJ; Quality Assurance Committee of the American Society of Nuclear Cardiology.

J Nucl Cardiol. 2006 Nov;13(6):e91-6. No abstract available. PMID: 17174799 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

American Society of Nuclear Cardiology consensus statement: Reporting of radionuclide myocardial perfusion imaging studies.

Hendel RC, Wackers FJ, Berman DS, Ficaro E, DePuey EG, Klein L, Cerqueira M; American Society of Nuclear Cardiology.

J Nucl Cardiol. 2006 Nov;13(6):e152-6. No abstract available. PMID: 17174791 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Long-term assessment of cardiac function after dose-dense and -intense sequential doxorubicin (A), paclitaxel (T), and cyclophosphamide (C) as adjuvant therapy for high risk breast cancer.

Abu-Khalaf MM, Juneja V, Chung GG, DiGiovanna MP, Sipples R, McGurk M, Zelterman D, Haffty B, Reiss M, Wackers FJ, Lee FA, Burtness BA.

Breast Cancer Res Treat. 2007 Sep;104(3):341-9. Epub 2006 Oct 19.PMID: 17051423 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Asymptomatic patients with diabetes mellitus should be screened for coronary artery disease.

Wackers FJ.

J Nucl Cardiol. 2006 Sep;13(5):609-15. No abstract available. PMID: 16945739 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Screening asymptomatic diabetic patients for coronary artery disease: why not?

Miller TD, Redberg RF, Wackers FJ.

J Am Coll Cardiol. 2006 Aug 15;48(4):761-4. Epub 2006 Jul 24.PMID: 16904546 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Value of peripheral vascular endothelial function in the detection of relative myocardial ischemia in asymptomatic type 2 diabetic patients who underwent myocardial perfusion imaging.

Papaioannou GI, Kasapis C, Seip RL, Grey NJ, Katten D, Wackers FJ, Inzucchi SE, Engel S, Taylor A, Young LH, Chyun DA, Davey JA, Iskandrian AE, Ratner RE, Robinson EC, Carolan S, Heller GV.

J Nucl Cardiol. 2006 May-Jun;13(3):362-8.PMID: 16750781 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

The impact of screening for asymptomatic myocardial ischemia in individuals with type 2 diabetes.

Chyun DA, Katten DM, Melkus GD, Talley S, Davey JA, Wackers FJ.

J Cardiovasc Nurs. 2006 Mar-Apr;21(2):E1-7.PMID: 16601520 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

The association of psychological factors, physical activity, neuropathy, and quality of life in type 2 diabetes.

Chyun DA, Melkus GD, Katten DM, Price WJ, Davey JA, Grey N, Heller G, Wackers FJ.

Biol Res Nurs. 2006 Apr;7(4):279-88.PMID: 16581898 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Assessment of flow-mediated vasodilation.

Venkataraman R, Al-Shaer M, Wackers FJ.

J Nucl Cardiol. 2006 Mar-Apr;13(2):300; author reply 300-1. No abstract available. PMID: 16580967 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Highlights of the 2005 scientific sessions of the American Society of Nuclear Cardiology: Seattle, Washington, September 29-October 2, 2005.

Bax JJ, Abbott BG, Berman DS, Garcia EV, Gropler RS, Hendel RC, Jain D, Mieres JH, Russell RR, Shaw LJ, Udelson JE, Wackers FJ; ASNC Scientific Program Committee.

J Am Coll Cardiol. 2006 Apr 4;47(7):1478-84. Epub 2006 Mar 15. No abstract available. PMID: 16580540 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Task Force 5: training in nuclear cardiology: endorsed by the American Society of Nuclear Cardiology.

Cerqueira MD, Berman DS, Di Carli MF, Schelbert HR, Wackers FJ, Williams KA; American Society of Nuclear Cardiology.

J Am Coll Cardiol. 2006 Feb 21;47(4):898-904. No abstract available. PMID: 16487871 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Screening of asymptomatic patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus for silent coronary artery disease: combined use of stress myocardial perfusion imaging and coronary calcium scoring.

Scholte AJ, Bax JJ, Wackers FJ.

J Nucl Cardiol. 2006 Jan-Feb;13(1):11-8.PMID: 16464712 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Clinical validation of SPECT attenuation correction using x-ray computed tomography-derived attenuation maps: multicenter clinical trial with angiographic correlation.

Masood Y, Liu YH, Depuey G, Taillefer R, Araujo LI, Allen S, Delbeke D, Anstett F, Peretz A, Zito MJ, Tsatkin V, Wackers FJ.

J Nucl Cardiol. 2005 Nov-Dec;12(6):676-86.PMID: 16344230 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

A randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled study of the safety and efficacy of intravenous MCC-135 as an adjunct to primary percutaneous coronary intervention in patients with acute myocardial infarction: rationale and design of the evaluation of MCC-135 for left ventricular salvage in acute MI (EVOLVE) study.

Jang IK, Pettigrew V, Picard MH, Kowey PR, Demmel V, Zile MR, Tatsuno J, Wackers FJ, Hibberd M.

J Thromb Thrombolysis. 2005 Dec;20(3):147-53.PMID: 16261287 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Assessment of right ventricular morphology and function.

Kosiborod M, Wackers FJ.

Semin Respir Crit Care Med. 2003 Jun;24(3):245-62.PMID: 16088546 [PubMed]Related articles

Third Annual Mario S. Verani, MD, Memorial Lecture: The future of clinical nuclear cardiology.

Wackers FJ.

J Nucl Cardiol. 2005 Jul-Aug;12(4):381-91.PMID: 16084426 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

On the bright right side.

Wackers FJ.

J Nucl Cardiol. 2005 Jul-Aug;12(4):378-80. No abstract available. PMID: 16084425 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Diabetes and coronary artery disease: the role of stress myocardial perfusion imaging.

Wackers FJ.

Cleve Clin J Med. 2005 Jan;72(1):21-5, 29-33. Review.PMID: 15691055 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

New hybrid count- and geometry-based method for quantification of left ventricular volumes and ejection fraction from ECG-gated SPECT: methodology and validation.

Liu YH, Sinusas AJ, Khaimov D, Gebuza BI, Wackers FJ.

J Nucl Cardiol. 2005 Jan-Feb;12(1):55-65.PMID: 15682366 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

The prognostic value of vasodilator myocardial perfusion imaging in octogenarians.

Curtis JP, Ko DT, Wang Y, Wackers FJ, Foody JM.

Am J Geriatr Cardiol. 2004 Sep-Oct;13(5):239-45, quiz 246-7.PMID: 15365286 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Acute rest myocardial perfusion imaging for chest pain.

Kontos MC, Wackers FJ.

J Nucl Cardiol. 2004 Jul-Aug;11(4):470-81. Review. No abstract available. PMID: 15295416 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Detection of silent myocardial ischemia in asymptomatic diabetic subjects: the DIAD study.

Wackers FJ, Young LH, Inzucchi SE, Chyun DA, Davey JA, Barrett EJ, Taillefer R, Wittlin SD, Heller GV, Filipchuk N, Engel S, Ratner RE, Iskandrian AE; Detection of Ischemia in Asymptomatic Diabetics Investigators.

Diabetes Care. 2004 Aug;27(8):1954-61. Erratum in: Diabetes Care. 2005 Feb;28(2):504. PMID: 15277423 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Brachial artery reactivity in asymptomatic patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus and microalbuminuria (from the Detection of Ischemia in Asymptomatic Diabetics-brachial artery reactivity study).

Papaioannou GI, Seip RL, Grey NJ, Katten D, Taylor A, Inzucchi SE, Young LH, Chyun DA, Davey JA, Wackers FJ, Iskandrian AE, Ratner RE, Robinson EC, Carolan S, Engel S, Heller GV.

Am J Cardiol. 2004 Aug 1;94(3):294-9.PMID: 15276091 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Cardiac abnormalities in diabetic patients with neuropathy: effects of aldose reductase inhibitor administration.

Johnson BF, Nesto RW, Pfeifer MA, Slater WR, Vinik AI, Chyun DA, Law G, Wackers FJ, Young LH.

Diabetes Care. 2004 Feb;27(2):448-54.PMID: 14747227 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Randomized, controlled dose-ranging study of the selective adenosine A2A receptor agonist binodenoson for pharmacological stress as an adjunct to myocardial perfusion imaging.

Udelson JE, Heller GV, Wackers FJ, Chai A, Hinchman D, Coleman PS, Dilsizian V, DiCarli M, Hachamovitch R, Johnson JR, Barrett RJ, Gibbons RJ.

Circulation. 2004 Feb 3;109(4):457-64. Epub 2004 Jan 20.PMID: 14734517 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

American society of nuclear cardiology consensus statement: reporting of radionuclide myocardial perfusion imaging studies.

Hendel RC, Wackers FJ, Berman DS, Ficaro E, Depuey EG, Klein L, Cerqueira M.

J Nucl Cardiol. 2003 Nov-Dec;10(6):705-8. No abstract available. PMID: 14668786 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Comparison of 16-frame and 8-frame gated SPET imaging for determination of left ventricular volumes and ejection fraction.

Navare SM, Wackers FJ, Liu YH.

Eur J Nucl Med Mol Imaging. 2003 Oct;30(10):1330-7. Epub 2003 Jun 28.PMID: 12838373 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Accreditation of nuclear cardiology laboratories: an educational process.

Wackers FJ.

J Nucl Cardiol. 2003 Mar-Apr;10(2):205-7. No abstract available. PMID: 12673186 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Electromechanical mapping for detecting myocardial viability and ischemia in patients with severe ischemic cardiomyopathy.

Samady H, Liu YH, Choi CJ, Ragosta M, Pfau SE, Cleman MW, Powers ER, Kramer CM, Wackers FJ, Beller GA, Watson DD.

Am J Cardiol. 2003 Apr 1;91(7):807-11.PMID: 12667565 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Prognostic significance of ischemic electrocardiographic changes during adenosine infusion in patients with normal myocardial perfusion imaging.

Abbott BG, Afshar M, Berger AK, Wackers FJ.

J Nucl Cardiol. 2003 Jan-Feb;10(1):9-16.PMID: 12569326 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Use of radionuclide imaging in acute coronary syndromes.

Abbott BG, Wackers FJ.

Curr Cardiol Rep. 2003 Jan;5(1):25-31. Review.PMID: 12493157 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Differential effect of 180 degrees and 360 degrees acquisition orbits on the accuracy of SPECT imaging: quantitative evaluation in phantoms.

Liu YH, Lam PT, Sinusas AJ, Wackers FJ.

J Nucl Med. 2002 Aug;43(8):1115-24.PMID: 12163639 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Should SPET attenuation correction be more widely employed in routine clinical practice? Against.

Wackers FJ.

Eur J Nucl Med Mol Imaging. 2002 Mar;29(3):412-5. Review.PMID: 12002719 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles