Dobutamine thallium-201 tomography for evaluating patients with suspected coronary artery disease unable to undergo exercise or vasodilator pharmacologic stress testing

• Published in: Journal of the American College of Cardiology Vol. 21; no. 7; pp. 1583 - 1590
• Main Authors: Hays, John T., Mahmarian, John J., Cochran, Angela J., Verani, Mario S.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY Elsevier Inc 01.06.1993; Elsevier Science
• Subjects: Adult; Aged; Aged, 80 and over; Biological and medical sciences; Blood Pressure - drug effects; Cardiovascular system; Coronary Angiography; Coronary Disease - diagnostic imaging; Coronary Disease - physiopathology; Coronary Vessels - diagnostic imaging; Dobutamine; Electrocardiography - drug effects; Exercise Test; Female; Heart Rate - drug effects; Humans; Investigative techniques, diagnostic techniques (general aspects); Male; Medical sciences; Middle Aged; Radionuclide investigations; Sensitivity and Specificity; Thallium Radioisotopes; Tomography, Emission-Computed, Single-Photon; Radionuclide study; Human; Intravenous administration; Cardiovascular disease; Diagnosis; Coronary heart disease; Photon; Positron emission tomography

Objectives. The aim of this study was to assess the feasibility, safety and diagnostic accuracy of a high dose dobutamine infusion in conjunction with thallium-201 single-photon emission computed tomography in 144 patients (72 men and 72 women with a mean age of 65 ± 10 years) unable to perform exer...