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Sharmila Dorbala, M.D.

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  1. R01HL130563 (DORBALA, SHARMILA) Apr 1, 2016 - Mar 31, 2020
    NIH/NHLBI
    Molecular Imaging of Primary Amyloid Cardiomyopathy
    Role: Principal Investigator
  2. K23HL092299 (DORBALA, SHARMILA) Sep 1, 2009 - May 31, 2014
    NIH/NHLBI
    Prognostic Utility of Absolute Coronary Microvascular Function by PET/CT
    Role: Principal Investigator

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  1. Alexander KM, Orav J, Singh A, Jacob SA, Menon A, Padera RF, Kijewski MF, Liao R, Di Carli MF, Laubach JP, Falk RH, Dorbala S. Geographic Disparities in Reported US Amyloidosis Mortality From 1979 to 2015: Potential Underdetection of Cardiac Amyloidosis. JAMA Cardiol. 2018 Jul 25. PMID: 30046835.
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  2. Erthal F, Hossain A, Dorbala S, Shaw LJ, Di Carli MF, Merhige ME, Williams BA, Veledar E, Min JK, Berman DS, deKemp RA, Beanlands RSB, Chow BJW. Is There an Age When Myocardial Perfusion Imaging May No Longer Be Prognostically Useful? Circ Cardiovasc Imaging. 2018 Jul; 11(7):e007322. PMID: 30012824.
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  3. Slomka PJ, Betancur J, Liang JX, Otaki Y, Hu LH, Sharir T, Dorbala S, Di Carli M, Fish MB, Ruddy TD, Bateman TM, Einstein AJ, Kaufmann PA, Miller EJ, Sinusas AJ, Azadani PN, Gransar H, Tamarappoo BK, Dey D, Berman DS, Germano G. Rationale and design of the REgistry of Fast Myocardial Perfusion Imaging with NExt generation SPECT (REFINE SPECT). J Nucl Cardiol. 2018 Jun 19. PMID: 29923104.
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  4. Cuddy S, McNeil BJ, Aghayev A, Dorbala S. What is this image? 2018: image 6 result : Cardiac FDG uptake predominantly affecting the atria. J Nucl Cardiol. 2018 Jun; 25(3):720-723. PMID: 29600407.
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  5. Dorbala S, Ananthasubramaniam K, Armstrong IS, Chareonthaitawee P, DePuey EG, Einstein AJ, Gropler RJ, Holly TA, Mahmarian JJ, Park MA, Polk DM, Russell R, Slomka PJ, Thompson RC, Wells RG. Single Photon Emission Computed Tomography (SPECT) Myocardial Perfusion Imaging Guidelines: Instrumentation, Acquisition, Processing, and Interpretation. J Nucl Cardiol. 2018 May 25. PMID: 29802599.
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  6. Singh A, Geller HI, Alexander KM, Padera RF, Mitchell RN, Dorbala S, Castillo JJ, Falk RH. True, true unrelated? Coexistence of Waldenstrom's macroglobulinemia and cardiac transthyretin Amyloidosis. Haematologica. 2018 Apr 19. PMID: 29674499.
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  7. Murthy VL, Bateman TM, Beanlands RS, Berman DS, Borges-Neto S, Chareonthaitawee P, Cerqueira MD, deKemp RA, DePuey EG, Dilsizian V, Dorbala S, Ficaro EP, Garcia EV, Gewirtz H, Heller GV, Lewin HC, Malhotra S, Mann A, Ruddy TD, Schindler TH, Schwartz RG, Slomka PJ, Soman P, Di Carli MF. Correction to: Clinical Quantification of Myocardial Blood Flow Using PET: Joint Position Paper of the SNMMI Cardiovascular Council and the ASNC. J Nucl Cardiol. 2018 Apr 10. PMID: 29637524.
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  8. Betancur J, Commandeur F, Motlagh M, Sharir T, Einstein AJ, Bokhari S, Fish MB, Ruddy TD, Kaufmann P, Sinusas AJ, Miller EJ, Bateman TM, Dorbala S, Di Carli M, Germano G, Otaki Y, Tamarappoo BK, Dey D, Berman DS, Slomka PJ. Deep Learning for Prediction of Obstructive Disease From Fast Myocardial Perfusion SPECT: A Multicenter Study. JACC Cardiovasc Imaging. 2018 Mar 12. PMID: 29550305.
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  9. Taqueti VR, Solomon SD, Shah AM, Desai AS, Groarke JD, Osborne MT, Hainer J, Bibbo CF, Dorbala S, Blankstein R, Di Carli MF. Coronary microvascular dysfunction and future risk of heart failure with preserved ejection fraction. Eur Heart J. 2018 Mar 07; 39(10):840-849. PMID: 29293969.
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  10. Slart RHJA, Glaudemans AWJM, Lancellotti P, Hyafil F, Blankstein R, Schwartz RG, Jaber WA, Russell R, Gimelli A, Rouzet F, Hacker M, Gheysens O, Plein S, Miller EJ, Dorbala S, Donal E. A joint procedural position statement on imaging in cardiac sarcoidosis: from the Cardiovascular and Inflammation & Infection Committees of the European Association of Nuclear Medicine, the European Association of Cardiovascular Imaging, and the American Society of Nuclear Cardiology. J Nucl Cardiol. 2018 Feb; 25(1):298-319. PMID: 29043557.
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  11. Murthy VL, Bateman TM, Beanlands RS, Berman DS, Borges-Neto S, Chareonthaitawee P, Cerqueira MD, deKemp RA, DePuey EG, Dilsizian V, Dorbala S, Ficaro EP, Garcia EV, Gewirtz H, Heller GV, Lewin HC, Malhotra S, Mann A, Ruddy TD, Schindler TH, Schwartz RG, Slomka PJ, Soman P, Di Carli MF, Einstein A, Russell R, Corbett JR. Clinical Quantification of Myocardial Blood Flow Using PET: Joint Position Paper of the SNMMI Cardiovascular Council and the ASNC. J Nucl Cardiol. 2018 Feb; 25(1):269-297. PMID: 29243073.
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  12. Bravo PE, Bergmark BA, Vita T, Taqueti VR, Gupta A, Seidelmann S, Christensen TE, Osborne MT, Shah NR, Ghosh N, Hainer J, Bibbo CF, Harrington M, Costantino F, Mehra MR, Dorbala S, Blankstein R, Desai A, Stevenson L, Givertz MM, Di Carli MF. Diagnostic and prognostic value of myocardial blood flow quantification as non-invasive indicator of cardiac allograft vasculopathy. Eur Heart J. 2018 Jan 21; 39(4):316-323. PMID: 29236988.
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  13. Vita T, Okada DR, Veillet-Chowdhury M, Bravo PE, Mullins E, Hulten E, Agrawal M, Madan R, Taqueti VR, Steigner M, Skali H, Kwong RY, Stewart GC, Dorbala S, Di Carli MF, Blankstein R. Complementary Value of Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Imaging and Positron Emission Tomography/Computed Tomography in the Assessment of Cardiac Sarcoidosis. Circ Cardiovasc Imaging. 2018 Jan; 11(1):e007030. PMID: 29335272.
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  14. Murthy VL, Bateman TM, Beanlands RS, Berman DS, Borges-Neto S, Chareonthaitawee P, Cerqueira MD, deKemp RA, DePuey EG, Dilsizian V, Dorbala S, Ficaro EP, Garcia EV, Gewirtz H, Heller GV, Lewin HC, Malhotra S, Mann A, Ruddy TD, Schindler TH, Schwartz RG, Slomka PJ, Soman P, Di Carli MF. Clinical Quantification of Myocardial Blood Flow Using PET: Joint Position Paper of the SNMMI Cardiovascular Council and the ASNC. J Nucl Med. 2018 Feb; 59(2):273-293. PMID: 29242396.
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  15. Osborne MT, Bajaj NS, Taqueti VR, Gupta A, Bravo PE, Hainer J, Bibbo CF, Dorbala S, Blankstein R, Di Carli MF. Coronary Microvascular Dysfunction Identifies Patients at High Risk of Adverse Events Across Cardiometabolic Diseases. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2017 Dec 05; 70(22):2835-2837. PMID: 29191335.
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  16. Arasaratnam P, Sadreddini M, Yam Y, Kansal V, Dorbala S, Di Carli MF, Beanlands RS, Merhige ME, Williams BA, Veledar E, Min JK, Chen L, Ruddy TD, Germano G, Berman DS, Shaw LJ, Chow BJW. Prognostic value of vasodilator response using rubidium-82 positron emission tomography myocardial perfusion imaging in patients with coronary artery disease. Eur J Nucl Med Mol Imaging. 2018 04; 45(4):538-548. PMID: 29177706.
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  17. Iskandrian AE, Dilsizian V, Garcia EV, Beanlands RS, Cerqueira M, Soman P, Berman DS, Cuocolo A, Einstein AJ, Morgan CJ, Hage FG, Schelbert HR, Bax JJ, Wu JC, Shaw LJ, Sadeghi MM, Tamaki N, Kaufmann PA, Gropler R, Dorbala S, Van Decker W. Myocardial perfusion imaging: Lessons learned and work to be done-update. J Nucl Cardiol. 2018 Feb; 25(1):39-52. PMID: 29110288.
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  18. Charytan DM, Skali H, Shah NR, Veeranna V, Cheezum MK, Taqueti VR, Kato T, Bibbo CR, Hainer J, Dorbala S, Blankstein R, Di Carli MF. Coronary flow reserve is predictive of the risk of cardiovascular death regardless of chronic kidney disease stage. Kidney Int. 2018 Feb; 93(2):501-509. PMID: 29032954.
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  19. Chareonthaitawee P, Beanlands RS, Chen W, Dorbala S, Miller EJ, Murthy VL, Birnie DH, Chen ES, Cooper LT, Tung RH, White ES, Borges-Neto S, Di Carli MF, Gropler RJ, Ruddy TD, Schindler TH, Blankstein R. Joint SNMMI-ASNC expert consensus document on the role of 18F-FDG PET/CT in cardiac sarcoid detection and therapy monitoring. J Nucl Cardiol. 2017 Oct; 24(5):1741-1758. PMID: 28770463.
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  20. Falk RH, Dorbala S. Apical to Base Gradient of Technetium-99m Pyrophosphate Myocardial Counts in Cardiac Amyloidosis: An Insight Into the Mechanism of Myocardial Strain Gradient, or Merely "Clouds That Mimic Land Before the Sailor's Eye?" JACC Cardiovasc Imaging. 2018 Feb; 11(2 Pt 1):243-246. PMID: 28917690.
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  21. Gupta A, Taqueti VR, van de Hoef TP, Bajaj NS, Bravo PE, Murthy VL, Osborne MT, Seidelmann SB, Vita T, Bibbo CF, Harrington M, Hainer J, Rimoldi O, Dorbala S, Bhatt DL, Blankstein R, Camici PG, Di Carli MF. Integrated Noninvasive Physiological Assessment of Coronary Circulatory Function and Impact on Cardiovascular Mortality in Patients With Stable Coronary Artery Disease. Circulation. 2017 Dec 12; 136(24):2325-2336. PMID: 28864442.
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  22. Chareonthaitawee P, Beanlands RS, Chen W, Dorbala S, Miller EJ, Murthy VL, Birnie DH, Chen ES, Cooper LT, Tung RH, White ES, Borges-Neto S, Di Carli MF, Gropler RJ, Ruddy TD, Schindler TH, Blankstein R. Joint SNMMI-ASNC Expert Consensus Document on the Role of 18F-FDG PET/CT in Cardiac Sarcoid Detection and Therapy Monitoring. J Nucl Med. 2017 Aug; 58(8):1341-1353. PMID: 28765228.
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  23. Bravo PE, Dorbala S. Targeted Nuclear Imaging Probes for Cardiac Amyloidosis. Curr Cardiol Rep. 2017 07; 19(7):59. PMID: 28508350.
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  24. Bravo PE, Di Carli MF, Dorbala S. Role of PET to evaluate coronary microvascular dysfunction in non-ischemic cardiomyopathies. Heart Fail Rev. 2017 07; 22(4):455-464. PMID: 28577279.
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  25. Taqueti VR, Dorbala S, Wolinsky D, Abbott B, Heller GV, Bateman TM, Mieres JH, Phillips LM, Wenger NK, Shaw LJ. Myocardial perfusion imaging in women for the evaluation of stable ischemic heart disease-state-of-the-evidence and clinical recommendations. J Nucl Cardiol. 2017 Aug; 24(4):1402-1426. PMID: 28585034.
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  26. Shah NR, Cheezum MK, Veeranna V, Horgan SJ, Taqueti VR, Murthy VL, Foster C, Hainer J, Daniels KM, Rivero J, Shah AM, Stone PH, Morrow DA, Steigner ML, Dorbala S, Blankstein R, Di Carli MF. Ranolazine in Symptomatic Diabetic Patients Without Obstructive Coronary Artery Disease: Impact on Microvascular and Diastolic Function. J Am Heart Assoc. 2017 May 04; 6(5). PMID: 28473401.
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  27. Murthy VL, Dorbala S. Clinical value of hyperemic left ventricular systolic function in vasodilator stress testing. J Nucl Cardiol. 2017 Jun; 24(3):1002-1006. PMID: 28271412.
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  28. Di Carli MF, Davidoff R, Beerbaum P, Dorbala S, Gillam LD, Hoffmann U, Raman SV, Ruberg FL. Editor's Note. Circ Cardiovasc Imaging. 2017 Mar; 10(3). PMID: 28289023.
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  29. Taqueti VR, Shaw LJ, Cook NR, Murthy VL, Shah NR, Foster CR, Hainer J, Blankstein R, Dorbala S, Di Carli MF. Excess Cardiovascular Risk in Women Relative to Men Referred for Coronary Angiography Is Associated With Severely Impaired Coronary Flow Reserve, Not Obstructive Disease. Circulation. 2017 Feb 07; 135(6):566-577. PMID: 27881570.
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  30. Okada DR, Bravo PE, Vita T, Agarwal V, Osborne MT, Taqueti VR, Skali H, Chareonthaitawee P, Dorbala S, Stewart G, Di Carli M, Blankstein R. Erratum to: Isolated cardiac sarcoidosis: A focused review of an under-recognized entity. J Nucl Cardiol. 2016 Sep 28. PMID: 27681953.
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  31. Witbrodt B, Goyal A, Kelkar AA, Dorbala S, Chow BJW, Di Carli MF, Williams BA, Merhige ME, Berman DS, Germano G, Beanlands RS, Min JK, Arasaratnam P, Sadreddini M, van Velthuijsen ML, Shaw LJ. Prognostic significance of blood pressure response during vasodilator stress Rb-82 positron emission tomography myocardial perfusion imaging. J Nucl Cardiol. 2017 Dec; 24(6):1966-1975. PMID: 27659457.
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  32. Falk RH, Alexander KM, Liao R, Dorbala S. AL (Light-Chain) Cardiac Amyloidosis: A Review of Diagnosis and Therapy. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2016 Sep 20; 68(12):1323-41. PMID: 27634125.
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  33. Okada DR, Bravo PE, Vita T, Agarwal V, Osborne MT, Taqueti VR, Skali H, Chareonthaitawee P, Dorbala S, Stewart G, Di Carli M, Blankstein R. Isolated cardiac sarcoidosis: A focused review of an under-recognized entity. J Nucl Cardiol. 2016 Sep 09. PMID: 27613395.
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  34. Taqueti VR, Dorbala S. The role of positron emission tomography in the evaluation of myocardial ischemia in women. J Nucl Cardiol. 2016 Oct; 23(5):1008-1015. PMID: 27488383.
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  35. Dorbala S, Shaw LJ. Changing the trajectory of ischemic heart disease in women: Role of imaging. J Nucl Cardiol. 2016 Oct; 23(5):973-975. PMID: 27457523.
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  36. Dilsizian V, Bacharach SL, Beanlands RS, Bergmann SR, Delbeke D, Dorbala S, Gropler RJ, Knuuti J, Schelbert HR, Travin MI. ASNC imaging guidelines/SNMMI procedure standard for positron emission tomography (PET) nuclear cardiology procedures. J Nucl Cardiol. 2016 Oct; 23(5):1187-1226. PMID: 27392702.
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  37. Osborne MT, Hulten EA, Murthy VL, Skali H, Taqueti VR, Dorbala S, DiCarli MF, Blankstein R. Patient preparation for cardiac fluorine-18 fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography imaging of inflammation. J Nucl Cardiol. 2017 Feb; 24(1):86-99. PMID: 27277502.
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  38. Park M, Rosica D, Agarwal V, Di Carli M, Dorbala S. SU-F-I-31: Reproducibility of An Automatic Exposure Control Technique in the Low-Dose CT Scan of Cardiac PET/CT Exams. Med Phys. 2016 Jun; 43(6):3393-3394. PMID: 28047621.
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  39. Qamar A, Veeranna V, Fatima A, Alexander KM, Di Carli MF, Bonaca MP, Steigner M, Dorbala S. Utility of multimodality imaging in myopericarditis with aortitis. J Nucl Cardiol. 2017 Jun; 24(3):1103-1106. PMID: 27174190.
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  40. Gillmore JD, Maurer MS, Falk RH, Merlini G, Damy T, Dispenzieri A, Wechalekar AD, Berk JL, Quarta CC, Grogan M, Lachmann HJ, Bokhari S, Castano A, Dorbala S, Johnson GB, Glaudemans AW, Rezk T, Fontana M, Palladini G, Milani P, Guidalotti PL, Flatman K, Lane T, Vonberg FW, Whelan CJ, Moon JC, Ruberg FL, Miller EJ, Hutt DF, Hazenberg BP, Rapezzi C, Hawkins PN. Nonbiopsy Diagnosis of Cardiac Transthyretin Amyloidosis. Circulation. 2016 Jun 14; 133(24):2404-12. PMID: 27143678.
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  41. Shi L, Dorbala S, Paez D, Shaw LJ, Zukotynski KA, Pascual TN, Karthikeyan G, Vitola JV, Better N, Bokhari N, Rehani MM, Kashyap R, Dondi M, Mercuri M, Einstein AJ. Gender Differences in Radiation Dose From Nuclear Cardiology Studies Across the World: Findings From the INCAPS Registry. JACC Cardiovasc Imaging. 2016 Apr; 9(4):376-84. PMID: 27056156; PMCID: PMC4826718 [Available on 04/01/17].
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  42. Lyon MC, Foster C, Ding X, Dorbala S, Spence D, Bhattacharya M, Vija AH, DiCarli MF, Moore SC. Dose reduction in half-time myocardial perfusion SPECT-CT with multifocal collimation. J Nucl Cardiol. 2016 Aug; 23(4):657-67. PMID: 27033352.
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  43. Dorbala S, Slomka P. Frontiers of Nuclear Cardiology. Cardiol Clin. 2016 Feb; 34(1):xiii. PMID: 26590790.
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  44. Horgan SJ, Waller AH, Veeranna V, Kirshenbaum J, Dorbala S, Di Carli MF. Utility of multimodality imaging in suspected prosthetic valve endocarditis. J Nucl Cardiol. 2016 Apr; 23(2):316-20. PMID: 26607362.
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  45. Shah NR, Charytan DM, Murthy VL, Skali Lami H, Veeranna V, Cheezum MK, Taqueti VR, Kato T, Foster CR, Hainer J, Gaber M, Klein J, Dorbala S, Blankstein R, Di Carli MF. Prognostic Value of Coronary Flow Reserve in Patients with Dialysis-Dependent ESRD. J Am Soc Nephrol. 2016 Jun; 27(6):1823-9. PMID: 26459635; PMCID: PMC4884106 [Available on 06/01/17].
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  46. Kitsiou A, Dorbala S, Scholte AJ. Highlights of the 12th International Conference on Nuclear Cardiology and Cardiac CT. J Nucl Cardiol. 2015 Oct; 22(5):866-73. PMID: 26304957.
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  47. Kitsiou A, Dorbala S, Scholte AJ. Highlights of the 12th International Conference on Nuclear Cardiology and Cardiac CT. Eur Heart J Cardiovasc Imaging. 2015 Sep; 16(9):959-65. PMID: 26702069.
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  48. Bullock-Palmer R, Kontak A, Dickert NW, Shaw LJ, Dilsizian V, Holly TA, Shirani J, Dorbala S, Einstein AJ. Responsibility for follow-up of abnormal findings in myocardial perfusion imaging: A case-based ethics discussion. J Nucl Cardiol. 2015 Oct; 22(5):927-31. PMID: 26271959.
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  49. Srivastava AV, Kontak A, Shaw LJ, Dickert NW, Dilsizian V, Dorbala S, Shirani J, Einstein AJ. How to approach an inappropriately ordered myocardial perfusion stress study: A case-based ethics discussion. J Nucl Cardiol. 2015 Oct; 22(5):923-6. PMID: 26271958.
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  50. Bullock-Palmer RP, Freeman AM, Kontak A, Shaw LJ, Dickert NW, Henzlova M, Shirani J, Dorbala S, Dilsizian V, Einstein AJ. Collegial pressure and patient-centered shared-decision making: A case-based ethics discussion. J Nucl Cardiol. 2015 Oct; 22(5):920-2. PMID: 26271957.
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  51. Park MA, Padera RF, Belanger A, Dubey S, Hwang DH, Veeranna V, Falk RH, Di Carli MF, Dorbala S. 18F-Florbetapir Binds Specifically to Myocardial Light Chain and Transthyretin Amyloid Deposits: Autoradiography Study. Circ Cardiovasc Imaging. 2015 Aug; 8(8). PMID: 26259579; PMCID: PMC4535193.
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  52. Veeranna V, Fisher A, Nagpal P, Ghosh N, Fisher E, Steigner M, Creager MA, Dorbala S, Di Carli MF. Utility of multimodality imaging in diagnosis and follow-up of aortitis. J Nucl Cardiol. 2016 Jun; 23(3):590-5. PMID: 26187420.
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  53. Dorbala S, Kijewski MF, Park MA. Quantitative molecular imaging of cardiac amyloidosis: The journey has begun. J Nucl Cardiol. 2016 Aug; 23(4):751-3. PMID: 26178038.
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  54. Partington SL, Valente AM, Landzberg M, Grant F, Di Carli MF, Dorbala S. Clinical applications of radionuclide imaging in the evaluation and management of patients with congenital heart disease. J Nucl Cardiol. 2016 Feb; 23(1):45-63. PMID: 26129940.
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  55. Koh AS, Murthy VL, Sitek A, Gayed P, Bruyere J, Wu J, Di Carli MF, Dorbala S. Left atrial enlargement increases the risk of major adverse cardiac events independent of coronary vasodilator capacity. Eur J Nucl Med Mol Imaging. 2015 Sep; 42(10):1551-61. PMID: 26012901.
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  56. Berry JD. Preventive Cardiology Update: Controversy, Consensus, and Future Promise. Prog Cardiovasc Dis. 2015 Jul-Aug; 58(1):1-2. PMID: 25968931.
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  57. Cheezum MK, Subramaniyam PS, Bittencourt MS, Hulten EA, Ghoshhajra BB, Shah NR, Forman DE, Hainer J, Leavitt M, Padmanabhan R, Skali H, Dorbala S, Hoffmann U, Abbara S, Di Carli MF, Gewirtz H, Blankstein R. Prognostic value of coronary CTA vs. exercise treadmill testing: results from the Partners registry. Eur Heart J Cardiovasc Imaging. 2015 Dec; 16(12):1338-46. PMID: 25899714; PMCID: PMC4668770 [Available on 12/01/16].
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  58. Murthy VL, Naya M, Taqueti VR, Foster CR, Gaber M, Hainer J, Dorbala S, Blankstein R, Rimoldi O, Camici PG, Di Carli MF. Response to letter regarding article, "effects of sex on coronary microvascular dysfunction and cardiac outcomes". Circulation. 2015 Mar 17; 131(11):e376. PMID: 25779548.
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  59. Dorbala S, Blankstein R, Skali H, Park MA, Fantony J, Mauceri C, Semer J, Moore SC, Di Carli MF. Approaches to reducing radiation dose from radionuclide myocardial perfusion imaging. J Nucl Med. 2015 Apr; 56(4):592-9. PMID: 25766891.
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  60. Dorbala S, Dilsizian V. Advances in myocardial perfusion imaging. Prog Cardiovasc Dis. 2015 May-Jun; 57(6):535-6. PMID: 25747901.
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  61. Majmudar MD, Murthy VL, Shah RV, Kolli S, Mousavi N, Foster CR, Hainer J, Blankstein R, Dorbala S, Sitek A, Stevenson LW, Mehra MR, Di Carli MF. Quantification of coronary flow reserve in patients with ischaemic and non-ischaemic cardiomyopathy and its association with clinical outcomes. Eur Heart J Cardiovasc Imaging. 2015 Aug; 16(8):900-9. PMID: 25719181; PMCID: PMC4592320.
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  62. Taqueti VR, Everett BM, Murthy VL, Gaber M, Foster CR, Hainer J, Blankstein R, Dorbala S, Di Carli MF. Interaction of impaired coronary flow reserve and cardiomyocyte injury on adverse cardiovascular outcomes in patients without overt coronary artery disease. Circulation. 2015 Feb 10; 131(6):528-35. PMID: 25480813; PMCID: PMC4323995.
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  63. Dorbala S. Imaging cardiac amyloidosis: an opportunity for nuclear cardiology. J Nucl Cardiol. 2014 Dec; 21(6):1043-4. PMID: 25367453.
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  64. Taqueti VR, Hachamovitch R, Murthy VL, Naya M, Foster CR, Hainer J, Dorbala S, Blankstein R, Di Carli MF. Global coronary flow reserve is associated with adverse cardiovascular events independently of luminal angiographic severity and modifies the effect of early revascularization. Circulation. 2015 Jan 06; 131(1):19-27. PMID: 25400060; PMCID: PMC4286486.
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  65. Dorbala S, Di Carli MF. Cardiac PET perfusion: prognosis, risk stratification, and clinical management. Semin Nucl Med. 2014 Sep; 44(5):344-57. PMID: 25234079; PMCID: PMC4176813.
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  66. Blankstein R, Osborne MT, Waller AH, Murthy VL, Dorbala S, Stevenson WG, Di Carli MF. Reply: (18)F-FDG imaging in patients with "suspected," but not "proven," sarcoidosis. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2014 Aug 12; 64(6):631. PMID: 25104538.
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  67. Dorbala S, Vangala D, Bruyere J, Quarta C, Kruger J, Padera R, Foster C, Hanley M, Di Carli MF, Falk R. Coronary microvascular dysfunction is related to abnormalities in myocardial structure and function in cardiac amyloidosis. JACC Heart Fail. 2014 Aug; 2(4):358-67. PMID: 25023822; PMCID: PMC4127145.
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  68. Mammen L, Woodard PK, Abbara S, Dorbala S, Javidan-Nejad C, Julsrud PR, Kirsch J, Kramer CM, Krishnamurthy R, Laroia AT, Shah AB, Vogel-Claussen J, White RD. ACR appropriateness criteria® nonischemic myocardial disease with clinical manifestations (ischemic cardiomyopathy already excluded). J Thorac Imaging. 2014 Jul; 29(4):W44-7. PMID: 24905633.
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  69. Dorbala S, Vangala D, Semer J, Strader C, Bruyere JR, Di Carli MF, Moore SC, Falk RH. Imaging cardiac amyloidosis: a pilot study using ¹8F-florbetapir positron emission tomography. Eur J Nucl Med Mol Imaging. 2014 Sep; 41(9):1652-62. PMID: 24841414.
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  70. Bittencourt MS, Christman MP, Hulten E, Divakaran S, Skali H, Kwong RY, Hainer J, Forman DE, Kirshenbaum JM, Dorbala S, Di Carli MF, Blankstein R. Comparison of the use of downstream tests after exercise treadmill testing by cardiologists versus noncardiologists. Am J Cardiol. 2014 Jul 15; 114(2):305-11. PMID: 24874162.
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  71. Falk RH, Quarta CC, Dorbala S. How to image cardiac amyloidosis. Circ Cardiovasc Imaging. 2014 May; 7(3):552-62. PMID: 24847009; PMCID: PMC4118308.
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  72. Murthy VL, Naya M, Taqueti VR, Foster CR, Gaber M, Hainer J, Dorbala S, Blankstein R, Rimoldi O, Camici PG, Di Carli MF. Effects of sex on coronary microvascular dysfunction and cardiac outcomes. Circulation. 2014 Jun 17; 129(24):2518-27. PMID: 24787469; PMCID: PMC4076200.
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  160. Di Carli MF and Dorbala S. Detection and evaluation of coronary artery disease with myocardial perfusion-gated SPECT imaging. Clinical Cardiovascular Imaging: A Companion to Braunwald's Heart Disease; Eds. St. John Sutton MG, Rutherford JD. 2004.
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  165. Dorbala S, Di Carli MF. Metabolic Imaging of Myocardial Stunning. Heart Metabolism. 2003; 19:18-22.
  166. Li VH, Dorbala S, Narula D, DePuey G, Steinberg JS. QT dispersion and viable myocardium in patients with prior myocardial infarction and severe left ventricular dysfunction. Ann Noninvasive Electrocardiol. 2002 Jan; 7(1):53-9. PMID: 11844292.
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  170. Dorbala S, Cohen AJ, Hutchinson LA, Menchavez-Tan E, Steinberg JS. Does radiofrequency ablation induce a prethrombotic state? Analysis of coagulation system activation and comparison to electrophysiologic study. J Cardiovasc Electrophysiol. 1998 Nov; 9(11):1152-60. PMID: 9835258.
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