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Large pericardial effusions in the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome by Reynolds, M M, Hecht, S R, Berger, M, Kolokathis, A, Horowitz, S F

“…The increasing importance of the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) as a cause of large, clinically significant pericardial effusions has not been well…”
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Skeletal involvement in children who have chronic granulomatous disease by Sponseller, P D, Malech, H L, McCarthy, E F, Horowitz, S F, Jaffe, G, Gallin, J I

“…Chronic granulomatous disease is a rare disorder of the oxidative metabolism of the white blood cells that results in immunodeficiency. In a retrospective…”
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Chagas cardiomyopathy and captopril by Roberti, R R, Martinez, E E, Andrade, J L, Araujo, V L, Brito, F S, Portugal, O P, Horowitz, S F

“…Chagas disease is a leading cause of heart failure in Latin America. Sudden death occurs in approximately 40% of patients with heart failure due to Chagas…”
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Exercise echocardiographic correlates of transient dilatation of the left ventricular cavity on exercise thallium-201 SPECT imaging by Van Tosh, A, Hecht, S, Berger, M, Roberti, R, Luna, E, Horowitz, S F

“…Transient dilatation of the left ventricular cavity on exercise thallium perfusion imaging is recognized as a marker of significant coronary disease, but the…”
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Serial Myocardial Perfusion Imaging with Dipyridamole and Rubidium-82 to Assess Restenosis after Angioplasty by Van Tosh, Andrew, Garza, Dahlia, Roberti, Roberto, Sherman, Warren, Pompliano, Jennifer, Ventura, Barbara, Horowitz, Steven F

“…The purpose of this study was to determine whether patients at high risk for clinical restenosis, following coronary angioplasty, could be identified by…”
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Defects on SPECT "Perfusion" Images Can Occur Due to Abnormal Segmental Contraction by Eisner, Robert L, Schmarkey, L. Susan, Martin, Sharon E, Carey, Daniel, Worthy, Marquis A, Chu, Tsann H, Horowitz, Steven F, Patterson, Randolph E

“…Technetium-99m-sestamibi images reflect tracer distribution at the time of injection. This "stay put" indicator allowed us to separate the effects of segmental…”
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Disappearance of a left ventricular aneurysm on radionuclide ventriculography due to formation of a mural thrombus by Reimers, C, Van Tosh, A, Berger, M, Luna, E, Horowitz, S F

“…Radionuclide ventriculography is an accepted method for diagnosing left ventricular aneurysms, but false-negative studies have been associated with a mural…”
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Importance of epidemiology and biostatistics in deciding clinical strategies for using diagnostic tests: A simplified approach using examples from coronary artery disease by Patterson, Randolph E., Horowitz, Steven F.

“…The explosion of costly new medical diagnostic technologies demands a common sense approach to help physicians decide appropriate indications and strategies…”
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Detection of Coronary Collaterals Using Dipyridamole PET Myocardial Perfusion Imaging with Rubidium-82 by Garza, Dahlia, Van Tosh, Andrew, Roberti, Roberto, Dalal, Prateek, Reimers, Carl, Ongseng, Fukiat, Ventura, Barbara, Pompliano, Jennifer, Horowitz, Steven F

“…This study evaluated the ability of dipyridamole PET myocardial perfusion imaging to detect coronary collaterals. A previous study showed an association…”
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Atrial kinetics and left ventricular diastolic filling in the healthy elderly by Arora, Rohit R., Machac, Josef, Goldman, Martin E., Butler, Robert N., Gorlin, Richard, Horowitz, Steven F.

“…A delay of left ventricular isovolumic relaxation and decrease in myocardial compliance may result in a decline of measured early filling rates in elderly…”
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Evaluation of right and left ventricular function in hard metal workers by Horowitz, S F, Fischbein, A, Matza, D, Rizzo, J N, Stern, A, Machac, J, Solomon, S J

“…Ingested cobalt has previously been associated with the development of a congestive cardiomyopathy. Despite occasional reports of cardiomyopathy after…”
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The role of ischemia and ventricular asynergy in the genesis of exercise-induced ST elevation by Arora, R, Ioachim, L, Matza, D, Horowitz, S F

“…Sixty-five patients with ST elevation were retrospectively studied in order to evaluate the clinical significance and underlying mechanisms of ST-segment…”
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Comparison of cost-effectiveness and utility of exercise ECG, single photon emission computed tomography, positron emission tomography, and coronary angiography for diagnosis of coronary artery disease by Patterson, R E, Eisner, R L, Horowitz, S F

“…To compare cost-effectiveness and utility of four clinical algorithms to diagnose obstructive coronary atherosclerotic heart disease (CAD), we compared…”
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Exercise-induced myocardial dysfunction in patients with coronary artery disease with and without angina by Vassiliadis, I V, Machac, J, O'Hara, M, Sezhiyan, T, Horowitz, S F

“…Left ventricular dysfunction during exercise is considered a relatively sensitive marker of ischemia in patients with coronary artery disease. The purpose of…”
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Silent Myocardial Ischemia during PET by Nagy, Bibiana, Grella, Rocco, Garza, Dahlia, Van Tosh, Andrew, Horowitz, Steven F

“…A resting perfusion defect detected during radioisotope myocardial perfusion imaging is generally thought to represent myocardial infarction. The…”
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Left Ventricular Cavity-to-Myocardial Count Ratio: A New Parameter for Detecting Resting Left Ventricular Dysfunction Directly from Tomographic Thallium Perfusion Scintigraphy by Roberti, Roberto R, Tosh, Andrew Van, Baruchin, Mitchell A, Gallagher, Rosemary, Friedman, Patricia, Ventura, Barbara, Horowitz, Steven F

“…Patients with reduced left ventricular function or aneurysms have cavities that appear dark on SPECT thallium scintigrams. We hypothesized that a quantitative…”
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The effect of stress and fatigue on cardiac rhythm in medical interns by Stamler, J S, Goldman, M E, Gomes, J, Matza, D, Horowitz, S F

“…Twenty-four-hour ambulatory electrocardiographic monitoring was used to determine the incidence of arrhythmia while on-call and its relationship to stress and…”
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Bayesian comparison of cost-effectiveness of different clinical approaches to diagnose coronary artery disease by Patterson, Randolph E., Eng, Calvin, Horowitz, Steven F., Gorlin, Richard, Goldstein, Seth R.

“…The objective of this study was to compare the cost-effectiveness of four clinical policies (policies I to IV) in the diagnosis of the presence or absence of…”
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Relation of late potentials to ejection fraction and wall motion abnormalities in acute myocardial infarction by Gomes, J.Anthony, Horowitz, Steven F., Millner, Mark, Machac, Josef, Winters, Stephen L., Barreca, Phillip

“…A prospective study was performed to determine the relation between quantitative signal-averaged parameters and ejection fraction (EF) and wall motion…”
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Coronary collateral function during exercise by Eng, C, Patterson, R E, Horowitz, S F, Halgash, D A, Pichard, A D, Midwall, J, Herman, M V, Gorlin, R

“…A totally occluded coronary vessel subtending a noninfarcted, entirely collateral-dependent myocardial region (NIECDMR) provides an opportunity to assess…”
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