TY - JOUR
T1 - Safety and feasibility of atropine added in patients with sub-maximal heart rate during exercise myocardial perfusion SPECT.
AU - Paterna, Salvatore
AU - Pasquale, Pietro Di
AU - Felice, Filippo
AU - Martino, Annamaria
AU - Sarullo, Filippo Maria
AU - Ventimiglia, Corrado
AU - Azzarello, Vincenzo
AU - Taormina, Andrea
AU - Paterna, Salvatore
AU - Martino, Andrea
AU - Taormina, Anna Maria
PY - 2007
Y1 - 2007
N2 - Background Failure to reach 80% of maximal predicted heart rate (HR) during exercise may render a myocardial perfusion single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) study non-diagnostic for ischemia detection. We sought to investigate the injection of atropine in patients who fail to achieve 80% of age-predicted HR during exercise performed for myocardial perfusion SPECT (MPS), defining its safety and efficacy to raise HR to adequate levels as well as its effect on MPS interpretation.
AB - Background Failure to reach 80% of maximal predicted heart rate (HR) during exercise may render a myocardial perfusion single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) study non-diagnostic for ischemia detection. We sought to investigate the injection of atropine in patients who fail to achieve 80% of age-predicted HR during exercise performed for myocardial perfusion SPECT (MPS), defining its safety and efficacy to raise HR to adequate levels as well as its effect on MPS interpretation.
UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10447/27397
M3 - Article
VL - 23
SP - 511
EP - 518
JO - International Journal of Cardiovascular Imaging
JF - International Journal of Cardiovascular Imaging
SN - 1569-5794
ER -