Maseeh uz Zaman

Department of Nuclear Cardiology, Karachi Institute of Heart Diseases (KIHD), Karachi, Pakistan

[ 1 ] - High negative predictive value of workload ≥7 METS on exercise testing in patients with normal gated myocardial perfusion imaging: Was imaging really required?

Introduction: Good functional capacity has a high negative predictive value (NPV) in patients with known or suspected coronary artery disease (CAD) similar to a normal gated myocardial perfusion imaging (GMPI). Aim of this study was to evaluate NPV of functional capacity during treadmill exercise in patients with normal GMPI in Pakistani population. Methods: This was a prospective study which ...

[ 2 ] - Personalized 18FDG Dose Synthesis Using BG-75 Generator: 1st Year Experience at JCI Accredited Tertiary Care Hospital in Pakistan

Background: Compact cyclotrons are getting popular to fulfill enormous current demands of PET tracers. Aga Khan University Hospital, Karachi, Pakistan has acquired the first smallest footprint of BG-75 Generator for 18FDG-based PET/CT clinical imaging. We are sharing our experience of BG-75 in the first year (December 2015-November 2016) after commissioning. Mater...

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