The RegEx trial: A randomized, double-blind, placebo- and active-controlled pilot study combining regadenoson, a selective A2A adenosine agonist, with low-level exercise, in patients undergoing myocardial perfusion imaging

Journal of Nuclear Cardiology

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 63-72

  Thomas, Gregory S ^a,b   Thompson, Randall C ^c   Miyamoto, Michael I ^a   Ip, Tze K ^a   Rice, Deborah L ^a   Milikien, Douglas ^d   Lieu, Hsiao D ^d   Mathur, Vandana S ^d  

^a Mission Internal Medical Group   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c SAINT LUKE S MID AMERICA HEART INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d CV THERAPEUTICS INC   (United States)

Author keywords

A2A adenosine receptor agonists; Image quality; Myocardial perfusion imaging:SPECT; Pharmacologic stress; Vasodilator stress

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; METHOXY ISOBUTYL ISONITRILE TECHNETIUM TC 99M; NITRATE; PLACEBO; REGADENOSON; ADENOSINE A2A RECEPTOR; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; PURINE DERIVATIVE; PYRAZOLE DERIVATIVE; RADIOPHARMACEUTICAL AGENT;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; AGED; ANGINA PECTORIS; ARTICLE; ATRIOVENTRICULAR BLOCK; BOLUS INJECTION; BONE PAIN; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIZZINESS; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG INDUCED HEADACHE; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; DYSPNEA; EXERCISE TEST; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; FLUSHING; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HEART MUSCLE PERFUSION; HEART RATE; HEART SUPRAVENTRICULAR ARRHYTHMIA; HEART VENTRICLE EXTRASYSTOLE; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; IMAGE QUALITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; MULTICENTER STUDY; NAUSEA; NECK PAIN; PARESTHESIA; PHARMACOLOGIC STRESS TESTING; PILOT STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SIDE EFFECT; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; ST SEGMENT DEPRESSION; STOMACH DISCOMFORT; SUPINE POSITION; SUPRAVENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; THORAX PAIN; THROAT TIGHTNESS; DRUG ANTAGONISM; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; REPRODUCIBILITY; SCINTISCANNING; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; EXERCISE TEST; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; PURINES; PYRAZOLES; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; RECEPTOR, ADENOSINE A2A; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TECHNETIUM TC 99M SESTAMIBI; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 67649994719     PISSN: 10713581     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12350-008-9001-9     Document Type: Article

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