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Validation of OSEM algorithm for attenuation correction in cardiac SPECT studies [PDF]

, 2005
Photon attenuation is believed to be one of the major causes of artefacts in cardiac SPECT studies and therefore should be corrected to improve the specificity of cardiac SPECT imaging for the detection of coronary artery disease.
Alenezi, Ahmed M
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Impaired cardiac autonomic nervous control after cardiac bypass surgery for congenital heart disease [PDF]

, 2009
We undertook a study to describe changes in heart rate variability (HRV) postoperatively in children undergoing cardiac bypass surgery for congenital heart disease (CHD).
McGlone, Laura, Financial Support Department of Cardiac Surgery and Cardiology, The Royal Hospital for Sick Children, Yorkhill, Glasgow (Funder), Patel, Neil, Danton, Mark D., , Financial Support Department of Cardiac Surgery and Cardiology,, Young, David   +5 more
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The Advantage of Cardiac CT in the Evaluation of the Bicuspid Aortic Valve Compared to Transthoracic Echocardiography

Journal of the Korean Society of Radiology, 2023
See the article, “Diagnostic Performance of Cardiac CT and Transthoracic Echocardiography for Detection of Surgically Confirmed Bicuspid Aortic Valve: Effect of Calcium Extent and Valve Subtypes”, in volume 84 on page 1324-1336 (https://doi.org/10 ...
Ki Seok Choo
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Trends and Outcomes of Cardiac Transplantation in the Lowest Urgency Candidates

Journal of the American Heart Association: Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Disease, 2021
Background Because of discrepancies between donor supply and recipient demand, the cardiac transplantation process aims to prioritize the most medically urgent patients.
Michael A. Fuery, Fouad Chouairi, Peter Natov, Jasjit Bhinder, Maya Rose Chiravuri, Lynn Wilson, Katherine A. Clark, Samuel W. Reinhardt, Clancy Mullan, P. Elliott Miller, Robert P. Davis, Joseph G. Rogers, Chetan B. Patel, Sounok Sen, Arnar Geirsson, Muhammad Anwer, Nihar Desai, Tariq Ahmad   +17 more
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Evaluation of Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Cardiac Transplantation

Journal of the American Heart Association: Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Disease, 2021
Background Racial and ethnic disparities contribute to differences in access and outcomes for patients undergoing heart transplantation. We evaluated contemporary outcomes for heart transplantation stratified by race and ethnicity as well as the new 2018
Fouad Chouairi, Michael Fuery, Katherine A. Clark, Clancy W. Mullan, James Stewart, Cesar Caraballo, John‐Ross D. Clarke, Sounok Sen, Avirup Guha, Nasrien E. Ibrahim, Robert T. Cole, Louisa Holaday, Muhammed Anwer, Arnar Geirsson, Joseph G. Rogers, Eric J. Velazquez, Nihar R. Desai, Tariq Ahmad, P. Elliott Miller   +18 more
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Incidental Statin Use and the Risk of Stroke or Transient Ischemic Attack after Radiotherapy for Head and Neck Cancer [PDF]

Journal of Stroke, 2018
Background and Purpose Interventions to reduce the risk for cerebrovascular events (CVE; stroke and transient ischemic attack [TIA]) after radiotherapy (RT) for head and neck cancer (HNCA) are needed. Among broad populations, statins reduce CVEs; however,
Daniel Addison, Patrick R. Lawler, Hamed Emami, Sumbal A. Janjua, Pedro V. Staziaki, Travis R. Hallett, Orla Hennessy, Hang Lee, Bálint Szilveszter, Michael Lu, Negar Mousavi, Matthew G. Nayor, Francesca N. Delling, Javier M. Romero, Lori J. Wirth, Annie W. Chan, Udo Hoffmann, Tomas G. Neilan   +17 more
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Trends in Reoperative Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Surgery for Older Adults in the United States, 1998 to 2017

Journal of the American Heart Association: Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Disease, 2020
Background The likelihood of undergoing reoperative coronary artery bypass graft surgery (CABG) is important for older patients who are considering first‐time CABG. Trends in the reoperative CABG for these patients are unknown.
Makoto Mori, Yun Wang, Karthik Murugiah, Rohan Khera, Aakriti Gupta, Prashanth Vallabhajosyula, Frederick A. Masoudi, Arnar Geirsson, Harlan M. Krumholz   +8 more
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Normal Proximal Coronary Artery Diameters in Adults from India as Assessed by Computed Tomography Angiography [PDF]

Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research, 2016
Introduction: The normative data of coronary artery size among Indians are sparse. It is often essential to know the coronary dimensions especially during interventions such as stenting to choose the appropriate size of the stent and to decide the ...
Manjappa Mahadevappa, Madhav Hegde, Ravi Math   +2 more
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Diagnostic performance of coronary CT angiography for stenosis detection according to calcium score: systematic review and meta-analysis [PDF]

, 2012
OBJECTIVES: A systematic review and meta-analysis to assess sensitivity and specificity of coronary CT angiography (CCTA) for significant stenosis at different degrees of coronary calcification.
den Dekker, M.A.M., Vliegenthart, R., Oudkerk, M., de Bock, G.H.; id_orcid, Tio, R.A., Oudkerk, M.; id_orcid, de Smet, K., den Dekker, M.A., de Bock, G.H., den Dekker, Martijn   +9 more
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Human Papillomavirus Status and the Risk of Cerebrovascular Events Following Radiation Therapy for Head and Neck Cancer

Journal of the American Heart Association: Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Disease, 2017
BackgroundRadiation therapy (RT) is a standard treatment for head and neck cancer; however, it is associated with inflammation, accelerated atherosclerosis, and cerebrovascular events (CVEs; stroke or transient ischemic attack). Human papillomavirus (HPV)
Daniel Addison, Sara B. Seidelmann, Sumbal A. Janjua, Hamed Emami, Pedro V. Staziaki, Travis R. Hallett, Bálint Szilveszter, Michael T. Lu, Richard P. Cambria, Udo Hoffmann, Annie W. Chan, Lori J. Wirth, Tomas G. Neilan   +12 more
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