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PubMed

• Heart lung axis in acute pulmonary embolism: Role of CT in risk stratification.
  Renee S Friedman, Linda B Haramati, Timothy F Christian, Seth I Sokol, Jonathan Alis
  Clinical Imaging. 2024-12-01
• Confounding clinical picture in the diagnosis of left ventricular and valvular masses: a case report.
  Amrin Kharawala, Yi-Yun Chen, Timothy Christian, Rosy Thachil
  European Heart Journal. Case Reports. 2023-12-01
• The chest pain guidelines revisited: cherry picking from the frequentist tree.
  Timothy F Christian
  Journal of Nuclear Cardiology. 2023-02-01

Journal Articles

• The shifting tides of coronary artery blood flow and medical imaging economics (Editorial)  
  Christian TF, JACC Imaging, 1/1/2013
• Magnetic Resonance Imaging of Absolute Myocardial Blood Flow using a High Field System, Accuracy and Comparison with Conventional Field Strength  
  Christian TF, Bell SP, Whitesell L, Jerosch-Herold M, JACC Imaging, 1/1/2009
• Estimation of Absolute Myocardial Blood Flow During First-Pass MR Perfusion Imaging using a Dual-Bolus injection technique: Comparison to Single-Bolus Injection Method  
  Christian TF, Aletras AH, Arai AE, J Magn Reson Imaging, 6/1/2008
• The past as prologue (Editorial)  
  Christian TF, J Nucl Cardiol, 1/1/2008
• Imaging and quantifying valvular heart disease using magnetic resonance techniques (Review)  
  Gentchos GA, Tischler M, Christian TF, Curr Treat Options Cardiovasc Med, 12/1/2006
• Determining myocardial viability in chronic ischemic left ventricular dysfunction: a prospective comparison of rest-redistribution thallium 201 single-photon emission ...  
  Ling LH, Christian TF, Mulvagh SL, Klarich KW, Hauser MF, Nishimura RA, Pellikka PA, Am Heart J, 4/1/2006
• Positively Magnetic North (Editorial)  
  Christian TF, J Am Coll Cardiol, 1/1/2006
• Anatomy of an emerging diagnostic test: computed tomographic coronary angiography (Editorial)  
  Christian TF, Circulation, 10/11/2005
• Comparison between human readers and automated ECG waveform measurements for calculating the Anderson-Wilkins acuteness score in patients with acute myocardial infarction  
  Ripa R, Persson E, Heden B, Maymard C, Christian TF, Hammill S, Pahlm OS, Wagner GS, J Electrocardiol, 1/1/2005
• Maganese enhanced MRI of normal and ischemic canine myocardium  
  Hu TC, Christian TF, Aletras AH, Taylor JL, Korestsky AP, Arai AE, Magn Reson Medicine, 1/1/2005
• Myocardial Tagging and Strain Analysis at 3 Tesla: Comparison to 15 Tesla Imaging  
  Valeti UV, Chun WK, Potter DD, Araoz PA, McGee K, Glockner JA, Christian TF, J Magn Reson Imaging, 1/1/2005
• Comparison of predischarge exercise thallium-201 after myocardial infarction with myocardium at risk measured during acute infarction with Tc 99m sestamibi  
  LaPeyre AC, Evans MA, Christian TF, Hodge DO, Gibbons RJ, Am Heart J, 1/1/2003
• Detecting acute coronary syndromes in the emergency department using cardiac magnetic resonance imaging  
  Kwong RY, Schussheim AE, Rekhraj S, Aletras AH, Geller N, Davis J, Christian TF, Balaban RS, Arai AE, Circulation, 1/1/2003
• The impact of gender on Tc-99m sestamibi gated left ventricular ejection fraction  
  Kane GC, Hauser MF, Behrenbeck T, Miller TD, Gibbons RJ, Christian TF, Am J Cardiol, 5/1/2002
• Effects of the adjustment for referral bias on the sensitivity and specificity of single photon emission computed tomography for the detection of coronary artery disease  
  Miller TD, Hodge DO, Christian TF, Milavetz JJ, Bailey KR, Gibbons RJ, Am J Med, 1/1/2002
• The value of 24 hour images after rest Thallium injection  
  Wagdy H, Christian TF, Miller TD, Gibbons RJ, Nucl Med Commun, 1/1/2002
• Prediction of severe coronary artery disease and long term outcome in patients undergoing vasodilator SPECT  
  Ho KT, Miller TD, Christian TF, Hodge DO, Gibbons RJ, J Nucl Cardiol, 1/1/2001
• Infarct size measured by single photon emission computed tomography with Tc-99m sestamibi: a measure of the efficacy of therapy in acute myocardial infarction  
  GibbonsRJ, Miller TD, Christian TF, Circulation, 1/1/2000
• The impact of time to thrombolytic therapy on outcome in patients with acute myocardial infarction  
  Chareonthaitawee P, Gibbons RJ, Roberts RS, Christian TF, Burns R, Yusuf S, Heart, 1/1/2000
• The Effect of Collateral Flow and Myocardial Viability on the Distribution of Tc-99m Sestamibi in a Closed Chest Model of Coronary Occlusion and Reperfusion  
  Chareonthaitawee P, O’Connor MK, Gibbons RJ, Ritman EL, Christian TF, Eur J Nucl Med, 1/1/2000
• A systematic analysis of factors which may impact upon tomographic perfusion measurements: implications for the use of Tc-99m sestamibi in acute infarction  
  Das A, O’Connor MK, Gibbons RJ, Ritman EL, Christian TF, Int J Cardiovasc Imaging, 1/1/2000
• Identification of Severe Coronary Artery Disease in Patients With a Single Abnormal Coronary Territory on Exercise Thallium-201 Imaging: The Importance of Clinical an...  
  Kwok JMF, Christian TF, Miller TD, Hodge DO, Gibbons RJ, J Am Col Cardiol, 1/1/2000
• Threshold values for preserved viability using a noninvasive measurement of collateral blood flow during acute myocardial infarction treated by direct coronary angiopl...  
  Christian TF, Berger PB, O’Connor MK, Hodge DO, Gibbons RJ, Circulation, 1/1/1999
• Detecting the effects of angiogenic therapy: how do we measure efficacy? (Review)  
  Christian TF, Interventional Cardiol Reports, 1/1/1999
• Prognostic valve of exercise thallium-201 imaging performed within two years of coronary artery bypass surgery  
  Miller TD, Christian TF, Hodge DO, Mullan BP, Gibbons RJ, J Am Coll Cardiol, 1/1/1998
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Books/Book Chapters

• Cardiovascular MRI 
  Chapter: Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance Imaging: comparison to nuclear-based methods 
  Christian TFEditors: Kwong RK.Humana Press2008
• Electrocardiography in Acute Myocardial Infarction 
  Chapter: Limitations of the standard 12-lead electrocardiogram in detecting acute myocardial infarction 
  Page 123 - 134Christian TFEditors: Clements IP.Kluwer Academic Publishers, Armonk, NY1998
• Nuclear Cardiology: State of the Art and Future Directions 
  Chapter: Myocardium at risk and the effect of reperfusion therapy in acute myocardial infarction - new insights from technetium-99m sestamibi 
  Page 429 - 450Christian TF, Gibbons RJEditors: Zaret BL and Beller GA.Mosby, St. Louis, MO1998
• Imaging and Intervention in Cardiology 
  Chapter: Contraction-perfusion matching in reperfused acute myocardial infarction 
  Page 13 - 27Christian TFEditors: Neinaber and Sechtom.Kluwer Academic Publishers1995
• Nuclear Cardiology: State of the Art (Cardiology Clinics) 
  Chapter: Myocardial perfusion imaging in myocardial infarction and unstable angina 
  Page 247 - 260Christian TF, Gibbons RJEditors: Verani M.W. B. Saunders, Philadelphia, PA1994
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Abstracts/Posters

• FDG SPECT (Co-Chair)
  Christian TF, 42nd Society of Nuclear Medicine. Abstract session, Minneapolis, MN, 1/1/1995

Lectures

• Advances in Cardiac MRI for Patients with Cardiomyopathy (Presenter) 
  1/1/2013
• An Incentive-Based Insurance Payout Template for Medical Imaging 
  Orlando, FL - 1/1/2012
• Weighted Insurance Reimbursement Strategies For Cardiac Imaging Based On Appropriateness Criteria 
  Atlanta, GA - 1/1/2012
• How to image myocardial ischemia by MRI 
  Phoenix, AZ - 1/1/2010
• Introduction to cardiac MRI and cardiac CT (Invited Speaker) 
  Rye, NY - 1/1/2009
• Perfusion imaging: priniciples and new approaches (Presenter) 
  1/1/2009
• Stress testing with imaging: principles and recent advances (Invited Speaker) 
  Rye, NY - 1/1/2009
• The Perfect Contrast (Agent): What We Have, What We Expect, and What We Need 
  Los Angeles, CA - 1/1/2008
• Quantification of Myocardial Blood Flow Reserve by 1st-Pass CT Imaging 
  New Orleans, LA - 1/1/2008
• Mysteries in Cardiac Imaging in the Digital Age (Presenter) 
  Iowa City, IA - 1/1/2007
• Absolute Myocardial Blood Flow Meausures by 1st-Pass MR Perfusion Imaging: Comparison with O-15 Water Positron Emission Tomgraphy 
  Rome, Italy - 1/1/2007
• Absolute Myocardial Blood Flow Imaging At 3 Tesla: Comparison With 1.5 Tesla 
  Orlando, FL - 1/1/2007
• Measuring infarct size using nuclear techniques (Invited Speaker) 
  Chicago, IL - 1/1/2007
• Blood oxygen level dependent (BOLD) T2 mapping as a viability marker in chronic myocardial infarction 
  Miami, FL - 1/1/2006
• Unresolved issues in MRI: Development of Static Perfusion Tracers for Cardiac MR stress Imaging 
  Seattle, WA - 1/1/2006
• Using appropriateness criteria guidelines in nuclear cardiology (Invited Speaker) 
  Atlanta, GA - 1/1/2006
• Cardiac Magnetic Resonance (Session Chair) 
  New Orleans, LA - 1/1/2005
• The impact of the degree of infarct transmurality on left ventricular systolic function 
  San Francisco, CA - 1/1/2005
• Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Imaging (Presenter) 
  Madison, WI - 1/1/2004
• Nuclear techniques for assessing myocardial viability (Chair) 
  New Orleans, LA - 1/1/2004
• Cardiac Imaging with Positron Emission Tomography and Magnetic Resonance (Invited Speaker) 
  1/1/2003
• Assessing Outcomes with Nuclear Imaging (Session Chair) 
  Anaheim, CA - 1/1/2002
• Setting Up an Acute Imaging Program (Session Chair) 
  Anaheim, CA - 1/1/2002
• The effect of contrast dose and quantitation method on the estimation of coronary flow reserve by 1st-pass MRI myocardial perfusion 
  1/1/2002
• The importance of absolute quantitation for multislice MRI myocardial perfusion during vasodilator stress 
  1/1/2002
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Other

• "Using Performance Measures to Promote Evidence-Based Care: A Bayesian Approach." Issue Brief 
  Christian TF, Croghan TW, Maxfield M, Washington DC: Center on Health Care Effectiveness
  6/1/2013
• Gating of Myocardial SPECT Images Should be Performed In All Patients – Antagonist (Debate) 
  Christian TF, Symposium at the Society of Nuclear Medicine 46th Scientific Sessions
  Los Angeles, CA - 1/1/1999