Addition of atropine to submaximal exercise stress testing in patients evaluated for suspected ischaemia with SPECT imaging: A randomized, placebo-controlled trial

European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 245-251

  Manganelli, Fiore ^a   Spadafora, Marco ^a   Varrella, Paola ^a   Peluso, Giuseppina ^a   Sauro, Rosario ^a   Di Lorenzo, Emilio ^a   Rosato, Giuseppe ^a   Daniele, Stefania ^b   Cuocolo, Alberto ^b,c,d  

^a S G MOSCATI HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b IRCCS SDN   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^d CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Atropine; Exercise stress testing; Myocardial perfusion imaging

Indexed keywords

ATROPINE; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM ANTAGONIST; METHOXY ISOBUTYL ISONITRILE TECHNETIUM TC 99M; PLACEBO;

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DEMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DIZZINESS; FEMALE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HEART RATE; HEART VENTRICLE ARRHYTHMIA; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYOCARDIAL PERFUSION IMAGING; PHARMACOLOGIC STRESS TESTING; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; SUBMAXIMAL EXERCISE STRESS TESTING;

ADRENERGIC BETA-ANTAGONISTS; ATROPINE; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKERS; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PLACEBOS; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 79551568339     PISSN: 16197070     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00259-010-1641-8     Document Type: Article

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