Myocardial perfusion imaging in women for the evaluation of stable ischemic heart disease—state-of-the-evidence and clinical recommendations

IMPAIRED CORONARY FLOW RESERVE IS ASSOCIATED WITH DIASTOLIC DYSFUNCTION AND HFPEF OUTCOMES IN PATIENTS WITHOUT OVERT CAD

(2017) Viviany R. Taqueti et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF CARDIOLOGY

Measuring Diagnostic Health Care Costs in Stable Coronary Artery Disease: Should We Follow the Money?

(2016) Joe X. Xie et al.   ANNALS OF INTERNAL MEDICINE

Economic Outcomes With Anatomical Versus Functional Diagnostic Testing for Coronary Artery Disease

(2016) Daniel B. Mark et al.   ANNALS OF INTERNAL MEDICINE

Excess Cardiovascular Risk in Women Relative to Men Referred for Coronary Angiography Is Associated With Severely Impaired Coronary Flow Reserve, Not Obstructive DiseaseClinical Perspective

(2016) Viviany R. Taqueti et al.   CIRCULATION

Long-Term Prognosis After Coronary Artery Calcium Scoring Among Low-Intermediate Risk Women and MenCLINICAL PERSPECTIVE

(2016) Anita A. Kelkar et al.   Circulation-Cardiovascular Imaging

Sex and Race/Ethnicity–Related Disparities in Care and Outcomes After Hospitalization for Coronary Artery Disease Among Older Adults

(2016) Shanshan Li et al.  

Clinical significance of noninvasive coronary flow reserve assessment in patients with ischemic heart disease

(2016) Viviany R. Taqueti et al.   CURRENT OPINION IN CARDIOLOGY

Calcium imaging and selective computed tomography angiography in comparison to functional testing for suspected coronary artery disease: the multicentre, randomized CRESCENT trial

(2016) Marisa Lubbers et al.   EUROPEAN HEART JOURNAL

Effect of Care Guided by Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance, Myocardial Perfusion Scintigraphy, or NICE Guidelines on Subsequent Unnecessary Angiography Rates

(2016) John P. Greenwood et al.   JAMA-JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION

The role of positron emission tomography in the evaluation of myocardial ischemia in women

(2016) Viviany R. Taqueti et al.   JOURNAL OF NUCLEAR CARDIOLOGY

ASNC imaging guidelines for SPECT nuclear cardiology procedures: Stress, protocols, and tracers

(2016) Milena J. Henzlova et al.   JOURNAL OF NUCLEAR CARDIOLOGY

Impact of Appropriate Use on the Estimated Radiation Risk to Men and Women Undergoing Radionuclide Myocardial Perfusion Imaging

(2016) R. Doukky et al.   JOURNAL OF NUCLEAR MEDICINE

Sex Differences in Functional and CT Angiography Testing in Patients With Suspected Coronary Artery Disease

(2016) Neha J. Pagidipati et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF CARDIOLOGY

Noninvasive Imaging to Evaluate Women With Stable Ischemic Heart Disease

(2016) Lauren A. Baldassarre et al.   JACC-Cardiovascular Imaging

Women Image Wisely

(2016) Robert A. deKemp et al.   JACC-Cardiovascular Imaging

Gender Differences in Radiation Dose From Nuclear Cardiology Studies Across the World

(2016) Lynn Shi et al.   JACC-Cardiovascular Imaging

Sex Differences in Demographics, Risk Factors, Presentation, and Noninvasive Testing in Stable Outpatients With Suspected Coronary Artery Disease

(2016) Kshipra Hemal et al.   JACC-Cardiovascular Imaging

Sex and Race/Ethnicity–Related Disparities in Care and Outcomes After Hospitalization for Coronary Artery Disease Among Older Adults

(2016) Shanshan Li et al.   Circulation-Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes

Estimating the Reduction in the Radiation Burden From Nuclear Cardiology Through Use of Stress-Only Imaging in the United States and Worldwide

(2016) Mathew Mercuri et al.   JAMA Internal Medicine

Comparison of Radiation Doses and Best-Practice Use for Myocardial Perfusion Imaging in US and Non-US Laboratories

(2016) Mathew Mercuri et al.   JAMA Internal Medicine

Strategies and methods to study female-specific cardiovascular health and disease: a guide for clinical scientists

(2016) Pamela Ouyang et al.   Biology of Sex Differences

Coronary Heart Disease Mortality Declines in the United States From 1979 Through 2011CLINICAL PERSPECTIVE

(2015) Kobina A. Wilmot et al.   CIRCULATION

A randomized, placebo-controlled trial of late Na current inhibition (ranolazine) in coronary microvascular dysfunction (CMD): impact on angina and myocardial perfusion reserve

(2015) C. Noel Bairey Merz et al.   EUROPEAN HEART JOURNAL

A multi-center assessment of the temporal trends in myocardial perfusion imaging

(2015) W. Lane Duvall et al.   JOURNAL OF NUCLEAR CARDIOLOGY

Approaches to Reducing Radiation Dose from Radionuclide Myocardial Perfusion Imaging

(2015) S. Dorbala et al.   JOURNAL OF NUCLEAR MEDICINE

Emergence of Nonobstructive Coronary Artery Disease

(2015) Carl J. Pepine et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF CARDIOLOGY

CT coronary angiography in patients with suspected angina due to coronary heart disease (SCOT-HEART): an open-label, parallel-group, multicentre trial

(2015)   LANCET

Vaccine against Pneumococcal Pneumonia in Adults

(2015)   NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL OF MEDICINE

Radionuclide Myocardial Perfusion Imaging for the Evaluation of Patients With Known or Suspected Coronary Artery Disease in the Era of Multimodality Cardiovascular Imaging

(2015) Viviany R. Taqueti et al.   PROGRESS IN CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES

Nationwide Laboratory Adherence to Myocardial Perfusion Imaging Radiation Dose Reduction Practices

(2015) Scott D. Jerome et al.   JACC-Cardiovascular Imaging

Sex, Death, and the Diagnosis Gap

(2014) C. Noel Bairey Merz   CIRCULATION

Effects of Sex on Coronary Microvascular Dysfunction and Cardiac Outcomes

(2014) Venkatesh L. Murthy et al.   CIRCULATION

Approaches to Enhancing Radiation Safety in Cardiovascular Imaging

(2014) Reza Fazel et al.   CIRCULATION

Role of Noninvasive Testing in the Clinical Evaluation of Women With Suspected Ischemic Heart Disease

(2014) Jennifer H. Mieres et al.   CIRCULATION

Are SPECT measurements of myocardial blood flow and flow reserve ready for clinical use?

(2014) Ernest V. Garcia   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF NUCLEAR MEDICINE AND MOLECULAR IMAGING

Clinical value of supine and upright myocardial perfusion imaging in obese patients using the D-SPECT camera

(2014) Simona Ben-Haim et al.   JOURNAL OF NUCLEAR CARDIOLOGY

Patient-centered imaging: More relevant (and perhaps more elusive) than ever

(2014) E. Gordon DePuey   JOURNAL OF NUCLEAR CARDIOLOGY

Preserved Coronary Flow Reserve Effectively Excludes High-Risk Coronary Artery Disease on Angiography

(2014) M. Naya et al.   JOURNAL OF NUCLEAR MEDICINE

Comparison of Image Quality, Myocardial Perfusion, and Left Ventricular Function Between Standard Imaging and Single-Injection Ultra-Low-Dose Imaging Using a High-Efficiency SPECT Camera: The MILLISIEVERT Study

(2014) A. J. Einstein et al.   JOURNAL OF NUCLEAR MEDICINE

Comparison and Prognostic Validation of Multiple Methods of Quantification of Myocardial Blood Flow with 82Rb PET

(2014) V. L. Murthy et al.   JOURNAL OF NUCLEAR MEDICINE

Cardiac PET Perfusion: Prognosis, Risk Stratification, and Clinical Management

(2014) Sharmila Dorbala et al.   SEMINARS IN NUCLEAR MEDICINE

The Case for Sex- and Gender-Specific Medicine

(2014) C. Noel Bairey Merz et al.   JAMA Internal Medicine

Evaluation of Suspected Ischemic Heart Disease in Symptomatic Women

(2013) Leslee J. Shaw et al.   CANADIAN JOURNAL OF CARDIOLOGY

Impact of Appropriate Use on the Prognostic Value of Single-Photon Emission Computed Tomography Myocardial Perfusion Imaging

(2013) Rami Doukky et al.   CIRCULATION

Comparison of Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance and Single-Photon Emission Computed Tomography in Women With Suspected Coronary Artery Disease From the Clinical Evaluation of Magnetic Resonance Imaging in Coronary Heart Disease (CE-MARC) Trial

(2013) John P. Greenwood et al.   CIRCULATION

Gender differences in the evaluation of coronary artery disease with a cadmium-zinc telluride camera

(2013) Alessia Gimelli et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF NUCLEAR MEDICINE AND MOLECULAR IMAGING

Feasibility of stress only rubidium-82 PET myocardial perfusion imaging

(2013) Sean R. McMahon et al.   JOURNAL OF NUCLEAR CARDIOLOGY

Evaluating gender differences in prognosis following SPECT myocardial perfusion imaging among patients with diabetes and known or suspected coronary disease in the modern era

(2013) Maria Theresa H. Santos et al.   JOURNAL OF NUCLEAR CARDIOLOGY

High-efficiency SPECT MPI: Comparison of automated quantification, visual interpretation, and coronary angiography

(2013) W. Lane Duvall et al.   JOURNAL OF NUCLEAR CARDIOLOGY

Quantification of Myocardial Perfusion Reserve Using Dynamic SPECT Imaging in Humans: A Feasibility Study

(2013) S. Ben-Haim et al.   JOURNAL OF NUCLEAR MEDICINE

Prognostic Interplay of Coronary Artery Calcification and Underlying Vascular Dysfunction in Patients With Suspected Coronary Artery Disease

(2013) Masanao Naya et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF CARDIOLOGY

Temporal Trends in the Frequency of Inducible Myocardial Ischemia During Cardiac Stress Testing

(2013) Alan Rozanski et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF CARDIOLOGY

Influence of Sex on Risk Stratification With Stress Myocardial Perfusion Rb-82 Positron Emission Tomography

(2013) Jenna Kay et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF CARDIOLOGY

ACCF/AHA/ASE/ASNC/HFSA/HRS/SCAI/SCCT/SCMR/STS 2013 Multimodality Appropriate Use Criteria for the Detection and Risk Assessment of Stable Ischemic Heart Disease

(2013) Michael J. Wolk et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF CARDIOLOGY

Rapid-acquisition myocardial perfusion scintigraphy (MPS) on a novel gamma camera using multipinhole collimation and miniaturized cadmium-zinc-telluride (CZT) detectors: prognostic value and diagnostic accuracy in a 'real-world' nuclear cardiology service

(2013) F. U. Chowdhury et al.   European Heart Journal-Cardiovascular Imaging

ACR Appropriateness Criteria Chronic Chest Pain—Low to Intermediate Probability of Coronary Artery Disease

(2013) Pamela K. Woodard et al.   Journal of the American College of Radiology

Radiation Safety in Nuclear Cardiology—Current Knowledge and Practice: Results From the 2011 American Society of Nuclear Cardiology Member Survey

(2013) Andrew J. Einstein et al.   JAMA Internal Medicine

Persistent Angina Pectoris, Cardiac Mortality and Myocardial Infarction During a 12 Year Follow-Up in 273 Variant Angina Patients Without Significant Fixed Coronary Stenosis

(2012) Jaume Figueras et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF CARDIOLOGY

Diagnostic Accuracy of Cardiac Positron Emission Tomography Versus Single Photon Emission Computed Tomography for Coronary Artery Disease

(2012) Matthew W. Parker et al.   Circulation-Cardiovascular Imaging

Comparative Accuracy of CT Attenuation-Corrected and Non–Attenuation-Corrected SPECT Myocardial Perfusion Imaging

(2012) Punit Sharma et al.   CLINICAL NUCLEAR MEDICINE

Stress-only imaging: Faster, cheaper, less radiation. So what’s the hold up?

(2012) Milena J. Henzlova et al.   JOURNAL OF NUCLEAR CARDIOLOGY

Clinical value of stress-only Tc-99m SPECT imaging: Importance of attenuation correction

(2012) Shishir Mathur et al.   JOURNAL OF NUCLEAR CARDIOLOGY

The prognosis of a normal Tl-201 stress-only SPECT MPI study

(2012) W. Lane Duvall et al.   JOURNAL OF NUCLEAR CARDIOLOGY

The evolving practice of nuclear cardiology: Results from the 2011 ASNC member survey

(2012) Peter Tilkemeier et al.   JOURNAL OF NUCLEAR CARDIOLOGY

Patient-centered imaging

(2012) E. Gordon DePuey et al.   JOURNAL OF NUCLEAR CARDIOLOGY

Prognosis in the era of comparative effectiveness research: Where is nuclear cardiology now and where should it be?

(2012) Leslee J. Shaw et al.   JOURNAL OF NUCLEAR CARDIOLOGY

Coronary Calcium Score as an Adjunct to Nuclear Myocardial Perfusion Imaging for Risk Stratification Before Noncardiac Surgery

(2012) J. R. Ghadri et al.   JOURNAL OF NUCLEAR MEDICINE

Does Rubidium-82 PET Have Superior Accuracy to SPECT Perfusion Imaging for the Diagnosis of Obstructive Coronary Disease?

(2012) Brian A. Mc Ardle et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF CARDIOLOGY

2012 ACCF/AHA/ACP/AATS/PCNA/SCAI/STS Guideline for the Diagnosis and Management of Patients With Stable Ischemic Heart Disease

(2012) Stephan D. Fihn et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF CARDIOLOGY

Prognostic Value of Stress Myocardial Perfusion Positron Emission Tomography

(2012) Sharmila Dorbala et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF CARDIOLOGY

Advances in Nuclear Cardiac Instrumentation with a View Towards Reduced Radiation Exposure

(2012) Piotr J. Slomka et al.   Current Cardiology Reports

Women have less severe and extensive coronary atherosclerosis in fatal cases of ischemic heart disease: An autopsy study

(2011) Nathaniel R. Smilowitz et al.   AMERICAN HEART JOURNAL

Prognosis of a Normal Positron Emission Tomography 82Rb Myocardial Perfusion Imaging Study in Women with No History of Coronary Disease

(2011) Andrew Van Tosh et al.   CARDIOLOGY

Improved Cardiac Risk Assessment With Noninvasive Measures of Coronary Flow Reserve

(2011) Venkatesh L. Murthy et al.   CIRCULATION

Comparative Effectiveness of Exercise Electrocardiography With or Without Myocardial Perfusion Single Photon Emission Computed Tomography in Women With Suspected Coronary Artery Disease

(2011) Leslee J. Shaw et al.   CIRCULATION

Stable angina pectoris with no obstructive coronary artery disease is associated with increased risks of major adverse cardiovascular events

(2011) L. Jespersen et al.   EUROPEAN HEART JOURNAL

Prognostic value of cardiac hybrid imaging integrating single-photon emission computed tomography with coronary computed tomography angiography

(2011) A. P. Pazhenkottil et al.   EUROPEAN HEART JOURNAL

Reduced isotope dose and imaging time with a high-efficiency CZT SPECT camera

(2011) W. Lane Duvall et al.   JOURNAL OF NUCLEAR CARDIOLOGY

Strategies for defining an optimal risk-benefit ratio for stress myocardial perfusion SPECT

(2011) Reza Fazel et al.   JOURNAL OF NUCLEAR CARDIOLOGY

Reduced stress dose with rapid acquisition CZT SPECT MPI in a non-obese clinical population: Comparison to coronary angiography

(2011) W. Lane Duvall et al.   JOURNAL OF NUCLEAR CARDIOLOGY

Radiation exposure from radionuclide myocardial perfusion imaging: Concerns and solutions

(2011) Reza Fazel et al.   JOURNAL OF NUCLEAR CARDIOLOGY

Prediction of Short-Term Cardiovascular Events Using Quantification of Global Myocardial Flow Reserve in Patients Referred for Clinical 82Rb PET Perfusion Imaging

(2011) K. Fukushima et al.   JOURNAL OF NUCLEAR MEDICINE

Impaired Myocardial Flow Reserve on Rubidium-82 Positron Emission Tomography Imaging Predicts Adverse Outcomes in Patients Assessed for Myocardial Ischemia

(2011) Maria C. Ziadi et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF CARDIOLOGY

Effectiveness-Based Guidelines for the Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease in Women—2011 Update

(2011) Lori Mosca et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF CARDIOLOGY

Cardiovascular magnetic resonance and single-photon emission computed tomography for diagnosis of coronary heart disease (CE-MARC): a prospective trial

(2011) John P Greenwood et al.   LANCET

Myocardial Perfusion Imaging Is a Strong Predictor of Death in Women

(2011) Mario Sergio Julio Cerci et al.   JACC-Cardiovascular Imaging

Myocardial Perfusion Scans

(2010) Amy Berrington de Gonzalez et al.   CIRCULATION

Exercise Stress Testing in Women

(2010) Priya Kohli et al.   CIRCULATION

Recommendations for reducing radiation exposure in myocardial perfusion imaging

(2010) Manuel D. Cerqueira et al.   JOURNAL OF NUCLEAR CARDIOLOGY

The prognosis of a normal stress-only Tc-99m myocardial perfusion imaging study

(2010) W. Lane Duvall et al.   JOURNAL OF NUCLEAR CARDIOLOGY

Agreement of Visual Estimation of Coronary Artery Calcium From Low-Dose CT Attenuation Correction Scans in Hybrid PET/CT and SPECT/CT With Standard Agatston Score

(2010) Andrew J. Einstein et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF CARDIOLOGY

Coronary Microvascular Reactivity to Adenosine Predicts Adverse Outcome in Women Evaluated for Suspected Ischemia

(2010) Carl J. Pepine et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF CARDIOLOGY

Adverse Cardiovascular Outcomes in Women With Nonobstructive Coronary Artery Disease

(2009) Martha Gulati et al.   ARCHIVES OF INTERNAL MEDICINE

Ionizing Radiation in Cardiac Imaging

(2009) Thomas C. Gerber et al.   CIRCULATION

ACCF/ASNC/ACR/AHA/ASE/SCCT/SCMR/SNM 2009 Appropriate Use Criteria for Cardiac Radionuclide Imaging

(2009) et al.   CIRCULATION

Coronary CT angiography and myocardial perfusion imaging to detect flow-limiting stenoses: a potential gatekeeper for coronary revascularization?

(2009) O. Gaemperli et al.   EUROPEAN HEART JOURNAL

NCRP REPORT NO. 160, IONIZING RADIATION EXPOSURE OF THE POPULATION OF THE UNITED STATES, MEDICAL EXPOSURE—ARE WE DOING LESS WITH MORE, AND IS THERE A ROLE FOR HEALTH PHYSICISTS?

(2009) D A. Schauer et al.   HEALTH PHYSICS

Independent and incremental prognostic value of left ventricular ejection fraction determined by stress gated rubidium 82 PET imaging in patients with known or suspected coronary artery disease

(2009) Kirkeith Lertsburapa et al.   JOURNAL OF NUCLEAR CARDIOLOGY

A multicenter evaluation of a new post-processing method with depth-dependent collimator resolution applied to full-time and half-time acquisitions without and with simultaneously acquired attenuation correction

(2009) Carmelo V. Venero et al.   JOURNAL OF NUCLEAR CARDIOLOGY

Advances in technical aspects of myocardial perfusion SPECT imaging

(2009) Piotr J. Slomka et al.   JOURNAL OF NUCLEAR CARDIOLOGY

The Coronary Artery Calcium Score and Stress Myocardial Perfusion Imaging Provide Independent and Complementary Prediction of Cardiac Risk

(2009) Su Min Chang et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF CARDIOLOGY

Long-Term Prognostic Value of 13N-Ammonia Myocardial Perfusion Positron Emission Tomography

(2009) Bernhard A. Herzog et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF CARDIOLOGY

Normal Stress-Only Versus Standard Stress/Rest Myocardial Perfusion Imaging

(2009) Su Min Chang et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF CARDIOLOGY

Does Coronary Flow Trump Coronary Anatomy?

(2009) K. Lance Gould   JACC-Cardiovascular Imaging

Incremental Prognostic Value of Gated Rb-82 Positron Emission Tomography Myocardial Perfusion Imaging Over Clinical Variables and Rest LVEF

(2009) Sharmila Dorbala et al.   JACC-Cardiovascular Imaging

How to improve noninvasive coronary artery disease diagnostics in premenopausal women?

(2008) Adam Grzybowski et al.   AMERICAN HEART JOURNAL

Prevalence of Angina in Women Versus Men

(2008) Harry Hemingway et al.   CIRCULATION

How Low-Risk Is a Coronary Calcium Score of Zero?

(2008) Philip Greenland et al.   CIRCULATION

Diagnostic accuracy of computed tomography coronary angiography and evaluation of stress-only single-photon emission computed tomography/computed tomography hybrid imaging: comparison of prospective electrocardiogram-triggering vs. retrospective gating

(2008) L. Husmann et al.   EUROPEAN HEART JOURNAL

The Triple Aim: Care, Health, And Cost

(2008) Donald M. Berwick et al.   HEALTH AFFAIRS

Ordered subset expectation maximization and wide beam reconstruction “half-time” gated myocardial perfusion SPECT functional imaging: A comparison to “full-time” filtered backprojection

(2008) E DEPUEY et al.   JOURNAL OF NUCLEAR CARDIOLOGY

Functionally Relevant Coronary Artery Disease: Comparison of 64-Section CT Angiography with Myocardial Perfusion SPECT

(2008) Oliver Gaemperli et al.   RADIOLOGY

Effects of Age, Gender, Obesity, and Diabetes on the Efficacy and Safety of the Selective A2A Agonist Regadenoson Versus Adenosine in Myocardial Perfusion Imaging

(2008) Manuel D. Cerqueira et al.   JACC-Cardiovascular Imaging