Nuclear Medicine & Radiation Therapy

Hijji Alsakhri

Publications

• Research Article
  Prediction of Post-revascularization Ejection Fraction in Patients with Coronory Artery Disease Using Cavity-to-Myocardial Ratio of Thallium Reinjection Image (Multicenter Trial)
  Author(s): Khaled El-Sabban, Hijji Alsakhri, Mohamed El-Gabaly, Taher El-Kady and Sherief Abd El-HadyKhaled El-Sabban, Hijji Alsakhri, Mohamed El-Gabaly, Taher El-Kady and Sherief Abd El-Hady
  
  Background: We reported the high correlation between cavity-to-myocardial (C/M) count ratio at stress and rest thallium SPECT, and stress-rest EF calculated by MUGA test, this was confirmed by others. This correlation was explained partially by the functional mass. On the other hand, two important prognostic parameters should be considered before any revascularization technique: (1) Identification of viable myocardium and its amount, (2) Prediction of EF improvement post revascularization. Aim of the study: Correlating EF (C/M) on RD and RI image (EFRD & EFRI) image to actual EF (prevascularization EF1) and 1 year post revascularization EF2. Patients and methods: 78 patients with CAD (68 males and 10 females with mean age of 54.2+9 years) had been subjected to: (1) St-RD-RI thallium SPECT with assessment of reversible or fixed perfusion defects and calculation of C/M and consequ.. Read More»
  DOI: 10.4172/2155-9619.1000282

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