Myocardial perfusion imaging during pharmacologic stress testing. Review uri icon

Overview

abstract

  • Pharmacologic stress testing has gained wide acceptance as an alternative to exercise stress testing when combined with myocardial perfusion scintigraphy and has expanded the applicability of cardiac imaging to the large number of patients who wither cannot exercise or are limited to a submaximal effort. The pharmacologic stressors presently available are either coronary vasodilators (e.g., adenosine, dipyridamole) or beta-agonists (e.g., dobutamine). This article summarizes the physiologic principles underlying pharmacologic stress imaging and its clinical utility in evaluating patients with suspected coronary artery disease.

publication date

  • May 1, 1994

Research

keywords

  • Coronary Disease
  • Exercise Test
  • Heart
  • Vasodilation

Identity

Scopus Document Identifier

  • 0028278425

PubMed ID

  • 8033174

Additional Document Info

volume

  • 12

issue

  • 2