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Cesar Santana

  • Department of Radiology and Imaging Sciences
    Assistant Professor
  • (404) 727-7422
  • csantan@emory.edu
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Overview

Dr. Cesar A. Santana is an Assistant Professor of Radiology, Nuclear Medicine Physician at the Atlanta VA Medical Center and Attending Physician at Grady Memorial Hospital with research focused on Nuclear Cardiology. Dr. Santana is President of Nuclear Imaging Consultants, Inc. and a member of the Society of Nuclear Medicine and American Society of Nuclear Cardiology (ASNC).

Academic Appointment

  • Assistant Professor, Emory University Hospital, Atlanta

Research

Publications

  • Diagnostic performance of the quantification of myocardium at risk from MPI SPECT/CTA 2G fusion for detecting obstructive coronary disease: A multicenter trial.
    J Nucl Cardiol Volume: 25 Page(s): 1376 - 1386
    08/01/2018 Authors: Piccinelli M; Santana C; Sirineni GKR; Folks RD; Cooke CD; Arepalli CD; Aguade-Bruix S; Keidar Z; Frenkel A; Israel O
  • Automatic Alignment of Myocardial Perfusion Images With Contrast-Enhanced Cardiac Computed Tomography.
    IEEE Trans Nucl Sci Volume: 58 Page(s): 2296 - 2302
    10/01/2011 Authors: Faber TL; Santana CA; Piccinelli M; Nye JA; Votaw JR; Garcia EV; Haber E
  • Automatic Alignment of Myocardial Perfusion Images with Contrast Cardiac Tomography.
    Volume: 2010 Page(s): 2996 - 2997
    10/30/2010 Authors: Faber TL; Santana CA; Piccinelli M; Nye JA; Votaw JR; Garcia EV; Haber E
  • Diagnostic performance of fusion of myocardial perfusion imaging (MPI) and computed tomography coronary angiography.
    J Nucl Cardiol Volume: 16 Page(s): 201 - 211
    01/01/2009 Authors: Santana CA; Garcia EV; Faber TL; Sirineni GKR; Esteves FP; Sanyal R; Halkar R; Ornelas M; Verdes L; Lerakis S
  • Prognostic performance of quantitative PET tools for stratification of patients with ischemic cardiomyopathy undergoing myocardial viability assessment.
    Nucl Med Commun Volume: 29 Page(s): 970 - 981
    11/01/2008 Authors: Santana CA; Faber TL; Soler-Peter M; Sanyal R; Esteves FP; Ornelas M; Folks RD; Verdes L; Santana LF; Candell-Riera J
  • Adenosine stress rubidium-82 PET/computed tomography in patients with known and suspected coronary artery disease.
    Nucl Med Commun Volume: 29 Page(s): 674 - 678
    08/01/2008 Authors: Esteves FP; Sanyal R; Nye JA; Santana CA; Verdes L; Raggi P
  • Potential impact of noncontrast computed tomography as gatekeeper for myocardial perfusion positron emission tomography in patients admitted to the chest pain unit.
    Am J Cardiol Volume: 101 Page(s): 149 - 152
    01/15/2008 Authors: Esteves FP; Sanyal R; Santana CA; Shaw L; Raggi P
  • Comparison of the diagnostic performance for detection of coronary artery disease (CAD) of their program (QPS) with that of the Emory Cardiac Toolbox (ECTb) for automated quantification of myocardial perfusion.
    J Nucl Cardiol Volume: 15 Page(s): 476
    01/01/2008 Authors: Garcia EV; Santana CA; Faber TL; Cooke CD; Folks RD
  • Normal values and prospective validation of transient ischaemic dilation index in 82Rb PET myocardial perfusion imaging.
    Nucl Med Commun Volume: 28 Page(s): 859 - 863
    11/01/2007 Authors: Shi H; Santana CA; Rivero A; Sanyal R; Esteves FP; Verdes L; Ornelas M; Folks RD; Lerakis S; Halkar RK
  • The increasing role of quantification in clinical nuclear cardiology: the Emory approach.
    J Nucl Cardiol Volume: 14 Page(s): 420 - 432
    07/01/2007 Authors: Garcia EV; Faber TL; Cooke CD; Folks RD; Chen J; Santana C
  • Quantitative (82)Rb PET/CT: development and validation of myocardial perfusion database.
    J Nucl Med Volume: 48 Page(s): 1122 - 1128
    07/01/2007 Authors: Santana CA; Folks RD; Garcia EV; Verdes L; Sanyal R; Hainer J; Di Carli MF; Esteves FP
  • Fusion of Myocardial Perfusion Data with CT Coronary Angiography.
    Page(s): 3760 - 3761
    01/01/2007 Authors: Faber TL; Santana CA; Chen J; Garcia EV
  • Attenuation correction reveals gender-related differences in the normal values of transient ischemic dilation index in rest-exercise stress sestamibi myocardial perfusion imaging.
    J Nucl Cardiol Volume: 13 Page(s): 338 - 344
    01/01/2006 Authors: Rivero A; Santana C; Folks RD; Esteves F; Verdes L; Esiashvili S; Grossman GB; Halkar RK; Bateman TM; Garcia EV
  • Three-dimensional fusion of coronary arteries with myocardial perfusion distributions: clinical validation.
    J Nucl Med Volume: 45 Page(s): 745 - 753
    05/01/2004 Authors: Faber TL; Santana CA; Garcia EV; Candell-Riera J; Folks RD; Peifer JW; Hopper A; Aguade S; Angel J; Klein JL
  • Incremental prognostic value of left ventricular function by myocardial ECG-gated FDG PET imaging in patients with ischemic cardiomyopathy.
    J Nucl Cardiol Volume: 11 Page(s): 542 - 550
    01/01/2004 Authors: Santana CA; Shaw LJ; Garcia EV; Soler-Peter M; Candell-Riera J; Grossman GB; Krawczynska EG; Faber TL; Ribera A; Vaccarino V
  • Quantitative Tc-99m sestamibi attenuation-corrected SPECT: development and multicenter trial validation of myocardial perfusion stress gender-independent normal database in an obese population.
    J Nucl Cardiol Volume: 11 Page(s): 263 - 272
    01/01/2004 Authors: Grossman GB; Garcia EV; Bateman TM; Heller GV; Johnson LL; Folks RD; Cullom SJ; Galt JR; Case JA; Santana CA
  • Gated stress-only 99mTc myocardial perfusion SPECT imaging accurately assesses coronary artery disease.
    Nucl Med Commun Volume: 24 Page(s): 241 - 249
    03/01/2003 Authors: Santana CA; Garcia EV; Vansant JP; Krawczynska EG; Folks RD; Cooke CD; Faber TL
  • Correct interpretation of a myocardial perfusion SPECT study in a patient with Ebstein's anomaly through recognition of septal artifact.
    J Nucl Cardiol Volume: 10 Page(s): 572 - 574
    01/01/2003 Authors: Grossman GB; Halkar RK; Book W; Hunsche A; Santana CA; Garcia EV
  • [Unified three-dimensional images of myocardial perfusion and coronary angiography].
    Rev Esp Cardiol Volume: 55 Page(s): 258 - 265
    03/01/2002 Authors: Aguad S; Candell-Riera J; Faber TL; Angel J; Santana CA; Larry Klein J; Castell J; Garca EV
  • Comparison between ECTb and QGS for assessment of left ventricular function from gated myocardial perfusion SPECT.
    J Nucl Cardiol Volume: 9 Page(s): 285 - 293
    01/01/2002 Authors: Nichols K; Santana CA; Folks R; Krawczynska E; Cooke CD; Faber TL; Bergmann SR; Garcia EV
  • Diagnostic performance of an expert system for the interpretation of myocardial perfusion SPECT studies.
    J Nucl Med Volume: 42 Page(s): 1185 - 1191
    08/01/2001 Authors: Garcia EV; Cooke CD; Folks RD; Santana CA; Krawczynska EG; De Braal L; Ezquerra NF
  • Prognostic assessment of uncomplicated first myocardial infarction by exercise echocardiography and Tc-99m tetrofosmin gated SPECT.
    J Nucl Cardiol Volume: 8 Page(s): 122 - 128
    01/01/2001 Authors: Candell-Riera J; Llevadot J; Santana C; Castell J; Aguad S; Armadans L; Bermejo B; Oller G; Garca-del-Castillo H; Soler-Peter M
  • Three-dimensional color-modulated display of myocardial SPECT perfusion distributions accurately assesses coronary artery disease.
    J Nucl Med Volume: 41 Page(s): 1941 - 1946
    12/01/2000 Authors: Santana CA; Garcia EV; Vansant JP; Krawczynska EG; Folks RD; Cooke CD; Faber TL
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