Abstract
The aim of this report was to assess the relation between heart rate response to dipyridamole infusion and perfusion defects at quantitative sestamibi single-photon emission computed tomographic imaging. We demonstrated in 166 heart transplant recipients that chronotropic incompetence to dipyridamole is the only significant and independent predictor of perfusion defects.
MeSH terms
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Case-Control Studies
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Coronary Disease / diagnosis*
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Coronary Disease / diagnostic imaging
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Dipyridamole*
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Electrocardiography
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Female
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Heart Rate / drug effects*
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Heart Transplantation / diagnostic imaging*
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Humans
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Logistic Models
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Male
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Middle Aged
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Predictive Value of Tests
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ROC Curve
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Technetium Tc 99m Sestamibi*
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Tomography, Emission-Computed, Single-Photon
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Vasodilator Agents*
Substances
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Vasodilator Agents
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Dipyridamole
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Technetium Tc 99m Sestamibi