2009

Herzog BA, Husmann L, Valenta I, Tay FM, Burkhard N, Gaemperli O, Wyss CA, Landmesser U, Kaufmann PA.
Determinants of vessel contrast in BMI-adapted low dose CT coronary angiography with prospective ECG-triggering.
Int J Cardiovasc Imaging. 2009 Apr 19. [Epub ahead of print]

Kaufmann PA.
Cardiac hybrid imaging: state-of-the-art.
Ann Nucl Med. 2009 Apr 10. [Epub ahead of print]

Husmann L, Herzog BA, Burkhard N, Tatsugami F, Valenta I, Gaemperli O, Wyss CA, Landmesser U, Kaufmann PA. Body physique and heart rate variability determine the occurrence of stair-step artefacts in 64-slice CT coronary angiography with prospective ECG-triggering.
Eur Radiol. 2009 Feb 24. [Epub ahead of print]

Tatsugami F, Husmann L, Herzog BA, Burkhard N, Valenta I, Gaemperli O,
Kaufmann PA.
Evaluation of a body mass index-adapted protocol for low-dose
64-MDCT coronary angiography with prospective ECG triggering.
AJR Am J Roentgenol. 2009 Mar;192(3):635-8.

Husmann L, Gaemperli O, Valenta I, Schepis T, Scheffel H, Stolzmann P, Leschka S, Desbiolles L, Marincek B, Alkadhi H, Kaufmann PA.
Impact of vessel attenuation on quantitative coronary angiography with 64-slice computed tomography.
Br J Radiol. 2009 Feb 16. [Epub ahead of print]

van Werkhoven JM, Schuijf JD, Gaemperli O, Jukema JW, Boersma E, Wijns W, Stolzmann P, Alkadhi H, Valenta I, Stokkel MP, Kroft LJ, de Roos A, Pundziute G, Scholte A, van der Wall EE, Kaufmann PA, Bax JJ.
Prognostic value of multislice computed tomography and gated single-photon emission computed tomography in patients with suspected coronary artery disease.
J Am Coll Cardiol. 2009 Feb 17;53(7):623-32.

Kaufmann PA, Gaemperli O.
Combining CT and nuclear: a winning hybrid team.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2009 Mar-Apr;16(2):170-2. Epub 2009 Jan 6.

Herzog BA, Husmann L, Jenni R, Kaufmann PA.
Diverticulum of the posterior left atrial wall.
Echocardiography. 2009 Apr;26(4):471-2. Epub 2008 Nov 10.

Herzog BA, Husmann L, Landmesser U, Kaufmann PA.
Low-dose computed tomography coronary angiography and myocardial perfusion imaging: cardiac hybrid imaging below 3mSv.
Eur Heart J. 2009 Mar;30(6):644. Epub 2008 Nov 25.

Husmann L, Herzog BA, Gaemperli O, Tatsugami F, Burkhard N, Valenta I,
Veit-Haibach P, Wyss CA, Landmesser U, Kaufmann PA.
Diagnostic accuracy of computed tomography coronary angiography and evaluation of stress-only single-photon emission computed tomography/computed tomography hybrid imaging: comparison of prospective electrocardiogram-triggering vs. retrospective gating.
Eur Heart J. 2009 Mar;30(5):600-7. Epub 2008 Dec 23.

Jenni SD, Schepis T, Jenni R, Siegrist PT, Kaufmann PA, Glaus TM.
Protocol for measuring myocardial blood flow by PET/CT in cats.
Eur J Nucl Med Mol Imaging. 2009 Feb;36(2):244-9. Epub 2008 Sep 26.

Herzog BA, Husmann L, Burkhard N, Valenta I, Gaemperli O, Tatsugami F, Wyss
CA, Landmesser U, Kaufmann PA.
Low-dose CT coronary angiography using prospective ECG-triggering: impact of mean heart rate and heart rate variability on image quality.
Acad Radiol. 2009 Jan;16(1):15-21.

2008

Herzog BA, Husmann L, Burkhard N, Gaemperli O, Valenta I, Tatsugami F, Wyss CA, Landmesser U, Kaufmann PA.
Accuracy of low-dose computed tomography coronary angiography using prospective electrocardiogram-triggering: first clinical experience.
Eur Heart J. 2008 Dec;29(24):3037-42. Epub 2008 Nov 7.

Hoefflinghaus T, Husmann L, Valenta I, Moonen C, Gaemperli O, Schepis T,
Namdar M, Koepfli P, Siegrist PT, Kaufmann PA.
Role of attenuation correction to discriminate defects caused by left bundle branch block versus coronary stenosis in single photon emission computed tomography myocardial perfusion imaging.
Clin Nucl Med. 2008 Nov;33(11):748-51.

Husmann L, Herzog BA, Burkhard N, Valenta I, Weber K, Kaufmann PA.
Coronary artery ectasia causing ischemia.
Eur J Nucl Med Mol Imaging. 2008 Nov;35(11):2142

Kaufmann PA.
Low-dose computed tomography coronary angiography with prospective triggering: a promise for the future.
J Am Coll Cardiol. 2008 Oct 28;52(18):1456-7.

Neglia D, Rimoldi O, Kaufmann PA, Camici PG.
Radionuclide PET and PET/CT in coronary artery disease.
Curr Pharm Des. 2008;14(18):1798-814.

Husmann L, Valenta I, Weber K, Adda O, Veit-Haibach P, Gaemperli O, Kaufmann PA.
Cardiac fusion imaging with low-dose computed tomography using prospective electrocardiogram gating.
Clin Nucl Med. 2008 Jul;33(7):490-1.

Husmann L, Gaemperli O, Schepis T, Scheffel H, Valenta I, Hoefflinghaus T,
Stolzmann P, Desbiolles L, Herzog BA, Leschka S, Marincek B, Alkadhi H, Kaufmann PA.
Accuracy of quantitative coronary angiography with computed tomography and its dependency on plaque composition : Plaque composition and accuracy of cardiac CT.
Int J Cardiovasc Imaging. 2008 Jun 19. [Epub ahead of print]

Gaemperli O, Schepis T, Valenta I, Koepfli P, Husmann L, Scheffel H, Leschka
S, Eberli FR, Luscher TF, Alkadhi H, Kaufmann PA.
Functionally relevant coronary artery disease: comparison of 64-section CT angiography with myocardial perfusion SPECT.
Radiology. 2008 Aug;248(2):414-23. Epub 2008 Jun 13.

Husmann L, Valenta I, Veit-Haibach P, Alkadhi H, Largiader T, Kaufmann PA.
Interarterial course of the right coronary artery: assessment with cardiac computed tomography and myocardial perfusion imaging.
Clin Nucl Med. 2008 May;33(5):335-6.

Husmann L, Scheffel H, Valenta I, Schepis T, Gaemperli O, Aepli U, Siegrist
PT, Leschka S, Desbiolles L, Stolzmann P, Marincek B, Alkadhi H, Kaufmann PA.
Impact of hypertension on the diagnostic accuracy of coronary angiography with computed tomography.
Int J Cardiovasc Imaging. 2008 Oct;24(7):763-70. Epub 2008 Mar 28.

Siegrist PT, Comte N, Holzmeister J, Sütsch G, Koepfli P, Namdar M, Duru F,
Brunckhorst C, Scharf C, Kaufmann PA.
Effects of AV delay programming on ventricular resynchronisation: role of radionuclide ventriculography.
Eur J Nucl Med Mol Imaging. 2008 Aug;35(8):1516-22. Epub 2008 Mar 19.

Husmann L, Schepis T, Scheffel H, Gaemperli O, Leschka S, Valenta I, Koepfli
P, Desbiolles L, Stolzmann P, Marincek B, Alkadhi H, Kaufmann PA.
Comparison of diagnostic accuracy of 64-slice computed tomography coronary angiography in patients with low, intermediate, and high cardiovascular risk.
Acad Radiol. 2008 Apr;15(4):452-61.

Gaemperli O, Valenta I, Schepis T, Husmann L, Scheffel H, Desbiolles L,
Leschka S, Alkadhi H, Kaufmann PA.
Coronary 64-slice CT angiography predicts outcome in patients with known or suspected coronary artery disease.
Eur Radiol. 2008 Jun;18(6):1162-73. Epub 2008 Feb 20.

Husmann L, Valenta I, Kaufmann PA.
Coronary angiography with low-dose computed tomography at 1.4 mSv.
Herz. 2008 Feb;33(1):75. No abstract available.

Gaemperli O, Kaufmann PA.
Hybrid cardiac imaging: more than the sum of its parts?
J Nucl Cardiol. 2008 Jan-Feb;15(1):123-6. No abstract available.

Gaemperli O, Schepis T, Koepfli P, Siegrist PT, Fleischman S, Nguyen P,
Olmsted A, Wang W, Lieu H, Kaufmann PA.
Interaction of caffeine with regadenoson-induced hyperemic myocardial blood flow as measured by positron emission tomography: a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled crossover trial.
J Am Coll Cardiol. 2008 Jan 22;51(3):328-9. No abstract available.

Husmann L, Wiegand M, Valenta I, Gaemperli O, Schepis T, Siegrist PT, Namdar M, Wyss CA, Alkadhi H, Kaufmann PA.
Diagnostic accuracy of myocardial perfusion imaging with single photon emission computed tomography and positron emission tomography: a comparison with coronary angiography.
Int J Cardiovasc Imaging. 2008 Jun;24(5):511-8. Epub 2007 Dec 25.

Husmann L, Valenta I, Gaemperli O, Adda O, Treyer V, Wyss CA, Veit-Haibach P, Tatsugami F, von Schulthess GK, Kaufmann PA.
Feasibility of low-dose coronary CT angiography: first experience with prospective ECG-gating.
Eur Heart J. 2008 Jan;29(2):191-7. Epub 2007 Dec 18.

2007

Husmann L, Wiegand M, Valenta I, Gaemperli O, Schepis T, Siegrist PT, Namdar M, Wyss CA, Alkadhi H, Kaufmann PA.
Diagnostic accuracy of myocardial perfusion imaging with single photon emission computed tomography and positron emission tomography: a comparison with coronary angiography.
Int J Cardiovasc Imaging. 2007 Dec 25;

Siegrist PT, Husmann L, Knabenhans M, Gaemperli O, Valenta I, Hoefflinghaus T, Scheffel H, Stolzmann P, Alkadhi H, Kaufmann PA.
(13)N-ammonia myocardial perfusion imaging with a PET/CT scanner: impact on clinical decision making and cost-effectiveness.
Eur J Nucl Med Mol Imaging. 2007 Dec 5;

Kaufmann PA.
82-Rubidium-the dawn of cardiac PET in Europe?
Eur J Nucl Med Mol Imaging. 2007 Dec;34(12):1963-4.

Schepis T, Gaemperli O, Treyer V, Valenta I, Burger C, Koepfli P, Namdar M, Adachi I, Alkadhi H, Kaufmann PA.
Absolute quantification of myocardial blood flow with 13N-ammonia and 3-dimensional PET.
J Nucl Med. 2007 Nov;48(11):1783-9.

Adachi I, Gaemperli O, Valenta I, Schepis T, Siegrist PT, Treyer V, Burger C,  Morita K, Kaufmann PA.
Assessment of myocardial perfusion by dynamic O-15-labeled water PET imaging: validation of a new fast factor analysis.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2007 Sep-Oct;14(5):698-705.

Kaufmann PA, Rimoldi OE, Gnecchi-Ruscone T, Luscher TF, Camici PG.
Systemic nitric oxide synthase inhibition improves coronary flow reserve to adenosine in patients with significant stenoses.
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol. 2007 Oct;293(4):H2178-82.

Schepis T, Gaemperli O, Koepfli P, Namdar M, Valenta I, Scheffel H, Leschka S, Husmann L, Eberli FR, Luscher TF, Alkadhi H, Kaufmann PA.
Added value of coronary artery calcium score as an adjunct to gated SPECT for the evaluation of coronary artery disease in an intermediate-risk population.
J Nucl Med. 2007 Sep;48(9):1424-30.

Gaemperli O, Schepis T, Valenta I, Husmann L, Scheffel H, Duerst V, Eberli FR, Luscher TF, Alkadhi H, Kaufmann PA.
Cardiac image fusion from stand-alone SPECT and CT: clinical experience.
J Nucl Med. 2007 May;48(5):696-703.

Gaemperli O, Schepis T, Kalff V, Namdar M, Valenta I, Stefani L, Desbiolles L, Leschka S, Husmann L, Alkadhi H, Kaufmann PA.
Validation of a new cardiac image fusion software for three-dimensional integration of myocardial perfusion SPECT and stand-alone 64-slice CT angiography.
Eur J Nucl Med Mol Imaging. 2007 Jan 24; [Epub ahead of print]

Gaemperli O, Schepis T, Koepfli P, Valenta I, Soyka J, Leschka S, Desbiolles L, Husmann L, Alkadhi H, Kaufmann PA.
Accuracy of 64-slice CT angiography for the detection of functionally relevant coronary stenoses as assessed with myocardial perfusion SPECT.
Eur J Nucl Med Mol Imaging. 2007 Jan 12; [Epub ahead of print]

Schepis T, Koepfli P, Leschka S, Desbiolles L, Husmann L, Gaemperli O, Eberli FR, Wildermuth S, Marincek B, Luscher TF, Alkadhi H, Kaufmann PA.
Coronary artery stent geometry and in-stent contrast attenuation with 64-slice computed tomography.
Eur Radiol. 2007 Jan 6; [Epub ahead of print]

Gaemperli O, Schepis T, Kaufmann PA.
SPECT-CT fusion imaging integrating anatomy and perfusion.
Eur Heart J. 2007 Jan;28(2):145. Epub 2006 Jun 7.

2006

Husmann L, Leschka S, Desbiolles L, Schepis T, Koepfli P, Gaemperli O, Seifert B, Flohr TG, Frauenfelder T, Marincek B, Kaufmann PA, Alkadhi H.
Thick maximum intensity projections for the assessment of left ventricular function with 64-slice computed tomography.
Invest Radiol. 2006 Oct;41(10):746-52.

Siegrist PT, Gaemperli O, Koepfli P, Schepis T, Namdar M, Valenta I, Aiello F, Fleischmann S, Alkadhi H, Kaufmann PA.
Repeatability of cold pressor test-induced flow increase assessed with H(2)(15)O and PET.
J Nucl Med. 2006 Sep;47(9):1420-6.

Schepis T, Gaemperli O, Koepfli P, Ruegg C, Burger C, Leschka S, Desbiolles L, Husmann L, Alkadhi H, Kaufmann PA.
Use of coronary calcium score scans from stand-alone multislice computed tomography for attenuation correction of myocardial perfusion SPECT.
Eur J Nucl Med Mol Imaging. 2007 Jan;34(1):11-9. Epub 2006 Aug 4.

Schepis T, Gaemperli O, Koepfli P, Valenta I, Strobel K, Brunner A, Leschka S, Desbiolles L, Husmann L, Alkadhi H, Kaufmann PA.
Comparison of 64-slice CT with gated SPECT for evaluation of left ventricular function.
J Nucl Med. 2006 Aug;47(8):1288-94.

Kaufmann PA.
Differential effects of pharmacologic stressors: more than meets the eye.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2006 May-Jun;13(3):311-2.

Husmann L, Alkadhi H, Boehm T, Leschka S, Schepis T, Koepfli P, Desbiolles L, Marincek B, Kaufmann PA, Wildermuth S.
Influence of cardiac hemodynamic parameters on coronary artery opacification with 64-slice computed tomography.
Eur Radiol. 2006 May;16(5):1111-6. Epub 2006 Jan 28.

Husmann L, Alkadhi H, Boehm T, Leschka S, Schepis T, Koepfli P, Desbiolles L, Marincek B, Kaufmann PA, Wildermuth S.
Influence of cardiac hemodynamic parameters on coronary artery opacification with 64-slice computed tomography.
Eur Radiol. 2006 Jan 28;:1-6 [Epub ahead of print]

Namdar M, Koepfli P, Grathwohl R, Siegrist PT, Klainguti M, Schepis T, Delaloye R, Wyss CA, Fleischmann SP, Gaemperli O, Kaufmann PA.
Caffeine decreases exercise-induced myocardial flow reserve.
J Am Coll Cardiol. 2006 Jan 17;47(2):405-10.

Matter CM, Wyss MT, Meier P, Spath N, von Lukowicz T, Lohmann C, Weber B, de Molina AR, Lacal JC, Ametamey SM, von Schulthess GK, Luscher TF, Kaufmann PA, Buck A.
18F-choline images murine atherosclerotic plaques ex vivo.
Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol. 2006 Mar;26(3):584-9.