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1986 • 1,306 citations

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1989 • 1,256 citations

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1977 • 782 citations

Reversible ischemic left ventricular dysfunction: Evidence for the “hibernating myocardium”

1986 • 733 citations

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1991 • 583 citations

Noninvasive quantitation of myocardial blood flow in human subjects with oxygen-15-labeled water and positron emission tomography

1989 • 443 citations

Identification and differentiation of resting myocardial ischemia and infarction in man with positron computed tomography, 18F-labeled fluorodeoxyglucose and N-13 ammonia.

1983 • 419 citations

Positron emission tomography using fluorine-18 deoxyglucose in evaluation of coronary artery bypass grafting

1989 • 390 citations

Measurement of absolute myocardial blood flow with H215O and dynamic positron-emission tomography. Strategy for quantification in relation to the partial-volume effect.

1988 • 334 citations

Prospective assessment of regional myocardial perfusion before and after coronary revascularization surgery by Quantitative Thallium-201 scintigraphy

1983 • 301 citations

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1986 • 287 citations

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1982 • 251 citations

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1991 • 206 citations

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1976 • 179 citations

Regional left ventricular wall thickening by magnetic resonance imaging: Evaluation in normal persons and patients with global and regional dysfunction

1987 • 158 citations

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1986 • 148 citations

Relation of left ventricular perfusion and wall motion with metabolic activity in persistent defects on thallium-201 tomography in healed myocardial infarction

1988 • 117 citations

Imaging by nuclear magnetic resonance in patients with chronic ischemic heart disease.

1984 • 112 citations

Quantification and validation of left ventricular wall thickening by a three-dimensional volume element magnetic resonance imaging approach.

1990 • 109 citations

Functional evaluation of the heart with magnetic resonance imaging

1988 • 108 citations

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1978 • 87 citations

Quantitation of Myocardial Blood Flow with H215O and Positron Emission Tomography

1989 • 73 citations

Detection and localization of recent myocardial infarction by magnetic resonance imaging

1986 • 72 citations

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1989 • 64 citations

F-18 deoxyglucose and stress N-13 ammonia positron emission tomography in anterior wall healed myocardial infarction

1988 • 59 citations

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1986 • 13 citations

Arterial blood concentration curves by cardiac PET without arterial sampling or image reconstruction

2003 • 8 citations

Does reduced regional fluorodeoxyglucose uptake with proportionate reduction in blood flow always indicate nonviable myocardium in coronary artery disease?

1991 • 2 citations