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Elias Botvinick, MD
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Elias Botvinick, MD's Publications
Assessment of late-term progression of cardiac allograft vasculopathy in patients with orthotopic heart transplantation using quantitative cardiac 82Rb PET.
Comparison of sparse domain approaches for 4D SPECT dynamic image reconstruction.
The beginnings of ASNC.
A combined static-dynamic single-dose imaging protocol to compare quantitative dynamic SPECT with static conventional SPECT.
Noninvasive PET quantitative myocardial blood flow with regadenoson for assessing cardiac allograft vasculopathy in orthotopic heart transplantation patients.
Utility of Equilibrium Radionuclide Angiogram-Derived Measures of Dyssynchrony to Predict Outcomes in Heart Failure Patients Undergoing Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy.
Comparison of radionuclide angiographic synchrony analysis to echocardiography and magnetic resonance imaging for the diagnosis of arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy.
Erratum to: Isolated right ventricular cardiac sarcoidosis demonstrated by (18)FDG positron emission tomography.
Image reconstruction in higher dimensions: myocardial perfusion imaging of tracer dynamics with cardiac motion due to deformation and respiration.
Measurement of absolute myocardial blood flow in humans using dynamic cardiac SPECT and 99mTc-tetrofosmin: Method and validation.
Isolated right ventricular cardiac sarcoidosis demonstrated by ¹⁸FDG positron emission tomography.
Quantitative Signature of Coronary Steal in a Patient with Occluded Coronary Arteries Supported by Collateral Circulation Using Dynamic SPECT.
A pilot study of changes in (18)F-FDG uptake, calcification and global metabolic activity of the aorta with aging.
Current methods of pharmacologic stress testing and the potential advantages of new agents.
Imaging synchrony.
The relationship of myocardial contraction and electrical excitation--the correlation between scintigraphic phase image analysis and electrophysiologic mapping.
The variable functional effects of the pacing site in normal and scarred ventricles.
Age-related decrease in cardiopulmonary adrenergic neuronal function in children as assessed by I-123 metaiodobenzylguanidine imaging.
Localization of ventricular tachycardia exit site and subsequent contraction sequence and functional effects with bedside radionuclide angiography.
Myocardial perfusion and function: single photon emission computed tomography.
The aging of the heart and blood vessels: a consideration of anatomy and physiology in the era of computed tomography, magnetic resonance imaging, and positron emission tomographic imaging methods with special consideration of atherogenesis.
A novel approach to multipinhole SPECT for myocardial perfusion imaging.
Equilibrium radionuclide angiocardiography.
A unique method by which to quantitate synchrony with equilibrium radionuclide angiography.
Clinical value of attenuation correction in stress-only Tc-99m sestamibi SPECT imaging.
Increased right ventricular activity: artifact of camera head misalignment.
Scintigraphic blood pool and phase image analysis: the optimal tool for the evaluation of resynchronization therapy.
Unique contraction pattern in patients after coronary bypass graft surgery by gated SPECT myocardial perfusion imaging.
Current practice. The role of noninvasive testing and affect of VANQWISH/FRISC II trials on managing acute coronary syndrome patients.
An unusual presentation of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma: a case report.
Effects of the repeated administration of adenosine and heparin on myocardial perfusion in patients with chronic stable angina pectoris.
Impact of a home-based walking and resistance training program on quality of life in patients with heart failure.
Intrinsic dual-energy processing of myocardial perfusion images.
Long-term estrogen replacement therapy is associated with improved exercise capacity in postmenopausal women without known coronary artery disease.
Ventricular contraction abnormalities in dilated cardiomyopathy: effect of biventricular pacing to correct interventricular dyssynchrony.
Is there any advantage to the acquisition of 24-hour thallium images, in the presence of persistent perfusion defects at 4 h after reinjection?
Nonperfusion applications in nuclear cardiology: report of a task force of the American Society of Nuclear Cardiology.
Potential added value of three-dimensional reconstruction and display of single photon emission computed tomographic gated blood pool images.
Fast acquisition of myocardial SPECT images with Tc-99m sestamibi for the diagnosis of coronary artery disease.
Strategies for extraction of quantitative data from volumetric dynamic cardiac positron emission tomography data.
Cardiac activation mapping by MRI.
Comparison of adenosine to dipyridamole in degree of coronary hyperemic response in heart transplant recipients.
Diagnostic utility of tomographic myocardial perfusion imaging with technetium 99m furifosmin (Q12) compared with thallium 201: results of a phase III multicenter trial.
Acute and chronic effects of transient myocardial ischemia on sympathetic nerve activity, density, and norepinephrine content.
Adenosine-induced coronary vasodilation during transesophageal Doppler echocardiography. Rapid and safe measurement of coronary flow reserve ratio can predict significant left anterior descending coronary stenosis.
Segmental analysis of resting echocardiographic function and stress scintigraphic perfusion: implications for myocardial viability.
Stress imaging. Current clinical options for the diagnosis, localization, and evaluation of coronary artery disease.
Variability of normal coronary anatomy: implications for the interpretation of thallium-SPECT myocardial perfusion images in single-vessel disease.
A consideration of current clinical options for stress imaging in the diagnosis and evaluation of coronary artery disease.
Does myocardial perfusion scintigraphy demonstrate clinical usefulness in patients with markedly positive exercise tests? An assessment of the method in a high-risk subset.
Effects of long-term right ventricular apical pacing on left ventricular perfusion, innervation, function and histology.
A quantitative assessment of patient motion and its effect on myocardial perfusion SPECT images.
Assessment of perfused left ventricular mass in normal, ischemic, and reperfused myocardium by means of single-photon emission computed tomography of technetium-99m isonitrile.
Basal interventricular septal thallium-201 defects: real or artifact?
Effects of canine myocardial infarction on sympathetic efferent neuronal function: scintigraphic and electrophysiologic correlates.
Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy in the young: another form of ischemic cardiomyopathy?
Myocardial perfusion scintigraphy in left bundle branch block: a perspective on the issue from image analysis in a clinical context.
Myocardial viability: evidence provided by the analysis of left ventricular systolic function.
The proper tool for the job.
Advances in myocardial scintigraphy in coronary heart disease.
Diagnostic and prognostic value of ambulatory electrocardiographic monitoring.
Scintigraphic assessment of MIBG uptake in globally denervated human and canine hearts--implications for clinical studies.
The applications of adenosine in noninvasive cardiac imaging.
Two-dimensional echocardiographic phase analysis. Its potential for noninvasive localization of accessory pathways in patients with Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome.
Usefulness of adenosine in augmenting ventricular preexcitation for noninvasive localization of accessory pathways.
Comparison of the findings on preoperative dipyridamole perfusion scintigraphy and intraoperative transesophageal echocardiography: implications regarding the identification of myocardium at ischemic risk.
Dipyridamole perfusion scintigraphy.
Dipyridamole perfusion scintigraphy: the experience with its application in one hundred seventy patients with known or suspected unstable angina.
Phase image triangulation of accessory pathways in patients undergoing catheter ablation of posteroseptal pathways.
Relative importance of activation sequence compared to atrioventricular synchrony in left ventricular function.
Scintigraphic assessment of sympathetic innervation after transmural versus nontransmural myocardial infarction.
"Hot spot" imaging agents for acute myocardial infarction.
Benefits of physiologic atrioventricular synchronization for pacing with an exercise rate response.
Comparison of transesophageal echocardiographic and scintigraphic estimates of left ventricular end-diastolic volume index and ejection fraction in patients following coronary artery bypass grafting.
Epicardial and endocardial localized 31P magnetic resonance spectroscopy: evidence for metabolic heterogeneity during regional ischemia.
Imaging of the heart using metaiodobenzylguanidine.
Late reversibility: a viability issue.
Oblique reformatting of multislice magnetic resonance images for improved visualization of coronary arteries.
The promise of technetium-99m-based perfusion imaging agents.
Blood pool scintigraphy.
ECG left anterior fascicular block reveals diverse patterns on scintigraphic phase analysis.
Noninvasive assessment of cardiomyopathy in normotensive diabetic patients between 20 and 50 years old.
Response of myocardial metabolites to graded regional ischemia: 31P NMR spectroscopy of porcine myocardium in vivo.
Scintigraphic assessment of regional cardiac adrenergic innervation.
The scintigraphic characteristics of ventricular pre-excitation through Mahaim fibers with the use of phase analysis.
Value of color Doppler estimation of regurgitant volume in patients with chronic aortic insufficiency.
Analysis of thallium-201 "washout" from parametric color coded images.
Breast attenuation artifacts in Tl-201 scintigraphy.
Chemomechanics of altered perfusion pressure in rat hearts.
Dipyridamole myocardial perfusion scintigraphy.
Estimation of the functional and anatomic extent of myocardial infarction using magnetic resonance imaging.
Gallium lung scintigraphy in amiodarone pulmonary toxicity.
Improvement in myocardial performance without a decrease in high-energy phosphate metabolites after isoproterenol in Syrian cardiomyopathic hamsters.
In vivo alterations of high-energy phosphates and intracellular pH during reversible ischemia in pigs: a 31P magnetic resonance spectroscopy study.
Nuclear magnetic resonance imaging-guided phosphorus-31 spectroscopy of the human heart.
Quantitation of intracardiac shunts by cine-CT.
Segmental evaluation of left ventricular wall motion after myocardial infarction: magnetic resonance imaging versus echocardiography.
Substrate regulation of the nucleotide pool during regional ischaemia and reperfusion in an isolated rat heart preparation: a phosphorus-31 magnetic resonance spectroscopy analysis.
The clinical and pathophysiologic implications of pain, ST abnormalities, and scintigraphic changes induced during dipyridamole infusion: their relationships to the peripheral hemodynamic response.
Advances in noninvasive cardiovascular imaging: implications for the anesthesiologist.
Augmented preexcitation assessed by scintigraphic phase analysis during atrial pacing.
Effects of altered coronary perfusion pressure on function and metabolism of normal and cardiomyopathic hamster hearts.
Factors influencing myocardial response to metabolic acidosis in isolated rat hearts.
Hemodynamic and clinical evaluation of piroximone, a new inotrope-vasodilator agent, in severe congestive heart failure.
Cine-computed tomography of Ebstein anomaly.
Differentiation of reversible and irreversible myocardial injury by MR imaging with and without gadolinium-DTPA.
Left ventricular dimensions and mechanics in distance runners.
Noninvasive quantitation of the left heart by echocardiography and scintigraphy.
Poor correlation between pulmonary arterial wedge pressure and left ventricular end-diastolic volume after coronary artery bypass graft surgery.
Quantitation of mitral regurgitation by Doppler echocardiography.
Quantitation of regional myocardial function by cine computed tomography: pharmacologic changes in wall thickness.
Assessment of cardiac anatomy using nuclear magnetic resonance imaging.
Assessment of left intraventricular block by scintigraphic analysis.
Cardiosynchronous MRI intensity changes of the great vessels and pulmonary circulation. A preliminary report.
Detection and characterization of acute myocardial infarction in man with use of gated magnetic resonance.
ECG-synchronized cardiac MR imaging: method and evaluation.
Effects of intravenous administration of a new nonionic dimeric contrast medium on the coronary circulation. Comparison with monomeric ionic and nonionic media.
Interaction of "supplementary" scintigraphic indicators of ischemia and stress electrocardiography in the diagnosis of multivessel coronary disease.
Magnetic resonance (MR) imaging of aorta and pulmonary circulation. Initial experience with ECG-gating.
Magnetic resonance imaging in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy.
Magnetic resonance imaging of the heart: a review of the experience in 172 subjects.
Measurement of cardiac output by cine computed tomography.
Normal cardiac dimensions by magnetic resonance imaging.
The effects of coronary angioplasty and reperfusion on distribution of myocardial flow.
The etiology and implications of dense cavitary "photopenia" on myocardial perfusion scintigraphy.
Undrained bloody pericardial effusion in the early postoperative period after coronary bypass surgery: a prospective blood pool study.
[Diagnosis of left bundle branch block with the phase analysis of radionuclide images].
[Imaging of the heart using nuclear magnetic resonance tomography. I: Tomography].
Cardiac imaging using gated magnetic resonance.
Catheter-induced His bundle ablation in a patient with reentrant tachycardia associated with a nodoventricular tract.
Characterization of conduction and concentration abnormalities by scintigraphic phase analysis.
Imaging and characterization of acute myocardial infarction in vivo by gated nuclear magnetic resonance.
Imaging by nuclear magnetic resonance in patients with chronic ischemic heart disease.
Improved regional ventricular function after successful surgical revascularization.
Magnetic resonance imaging strategies for heart studies.
Mechanisms of improved left ventricular function following intravenous MDL 17,043 in patients with severe chronic heart failure.
Phase image characterization of localized and generalized left ventricular contraction abnormalities.
Phase image evaluation of patients with ventricular pre-excitation syndromes.
Right ventricular myocardial infarction with ventricular septal rupture.
The scintigraphic identification of "severe myocardial ischemia".
Value of noninvasive assessment of patients with atypical chest pain and suspected coronary spasm using ergonovine infusion and thallium-201 scintigraphy.
Cardiovascular imaging with nuclear magnetic resonance.
Diagnostic test use in different practice settings. A controlled comparison.
Electrophysiologic mechanism of exercise-induced sustained ventricular tachycardia.
Evaluation of the post-coronary artery bypass patient by myocardial perfusion scintigraphy and computed tomography.
Late prognostic value of scintigraphic parameters of acute myocardial infarction size in complicated myocardial infarction without heart failure.
Nuclear magnetic resonance imaging of the cardiovascular system: normal and pathologic findings.
The functional implications of scintigraphic measures of myocardial ischemia and infarction.
Variability in coronary hemodynamics in response to ergonovine in patients with normal coronary arteries and atypical chest pain.
Volume loading improves low cardiac output in experimental right ventricular infarction.
What is the reliability and the utility of scintigraphic methods for the assessment of ventricular function?
An accurate means of detecting and characterizing abnormal patterns of ventricular activation by phase image analysis.
Are regions of ischaemia detected on stress perfusion scintigraphy predictive of sites of subsequent myocardial infarction?
Diagnostic accuracy of cardiologists compared with probability calculations using Bayes' rule.
Hemodynamic benefit of atrial pacing in right ventricular myocardial infarction.
Phase image characterization of ventricular contraction in left and right bundle branch block.
The independent value of exercise thallium scintigraphy to physicians.
The late prognostic value of acute scintigraphic measurement of myocardial infarction size.
The phase image: its relationship to patterns of contraction and conduction.
The significance of nitroglycerin-induced changes in ventricular function after acute myocardial infarction.
Contrast enhancement of thallium-201 myocardial scintigrams: improved sensitivity with diminished specificity in coronary disease detection.
Detecting and localizing peripheral arterial disease: assessment of 201Tl scintigraphy.
The inconsistent pattern of thallium defects: a clue to the false positive perfusion scintigram.
A consideration of factors affecting the diagnostic accuracy of thallium-201 myocarial perfusion scintigraphy in detecting coronary artery disease.
Evaluation of left ventricular performance by gated radionuclide angiography.
Myocardial perfusion scintigraphy.
The complementary roles of M-mode echocardiography and scintigraphy in the evaluation of adults with suspected left-to-right shunts. Additional observations on the role of two-dimensional echocardiography.
Correlation of thallium-201 scintigrams with coronary anatomy: factors affecting region by region sensitivity.
Left ventricular volume from paired biplane two-dimensional echocardiography.
Myocardial scintigraphy with technetium-99m stannous pyrophosphate: an insensitive test for nontransmural myocardial infarction.
The noninvasive identification of left main and three-vessel coronary artery disease by myocardial stress perfusion scintigraphy and treadmill exercise electrocardiography.
Beneficial effects of hydralazine in severe mitral regurgitation.
Gallium-67 uptake in silent myocardial infarction: a case report.
Myocardial perfusion scintigraphy in patients with mitral valve prolapse: Its advantage over stress electrocardiography in diagnosing associated coronary artery disease and its implications for the etiology of chest pain.
Myocardial scintigraphy in coronary artery disease.
Relationship of regional myocardial perfusion to segmental wall motion: a physiologic basis for understanding the presence and reversibility of asynergy.
Thallium-20 1 myocardial perfusion scintigraphy for the clinical clarification of normal, abnormal and equivocal electrocardiographic stress tests.
Thallium-201 myocardial perfusion scintigraphy to evaluate patients after coronary bypass surgery.
The clinical estimation of acute myocardial infarct size with 99mTechnetium pyrophosphate scintigraphy.
The noninvasive diagnosis of right ventricular infarction.
The specificity of pyrophosphate myocardial scintigrams in patients with prior myocardial infarction: concise communication.
Acute myocardial infarction: clinical application of technetium 99m stannous pyrophosphate infarct scintigraphy.
Myocardial stress perfusion scintigraphy with rubidium-81 versus stress electrocardiography.
Right ventricular compression as a sign of cardiac tamponade: an analysis of echocardiographic ventricular dimensions and their clinical implications.
The application of radionuclide infarct scintigraphy to diagnose perioperative myocardial infarction following revascularization.
The hemodynamics of coronary arterial stenosis.
The specificity of the diffuse pattern of cardiac uptake in myocardial infarction imaging with technetium-99m stannous pyrophosphate.
Noninvasive diagnosis of a false left ventricular aneurysm with radioisotope gated cardiac blood pool imaging. Differentiation from true aneurysm.
Echocardiographic demonstration of early mitral valve closure in severe aortic insufficiency. Its clinical implications.
Myocardial infarction in closed-chest dogs: a simplified method for production.
Noninvasive quantitation of myocardial infarction with technetium 99m pyrophosphate.