Regadenoson is a safe and well-tolerated pharmacological stress agent for myocardial perfusion imaging in post-heart transplant patients

Journal of Nuclear Cardiology

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 628-633

  Cavalcante, João L ^a,b   Barboza, Joaquim ^a   Ananthasubramaniam, Karthik ^a  

^a HENRY FORD HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

feasibility; heart transplant; Regadenoson; safety; SPECT

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE; REGADENOSON;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATRIOVENTRICULAR BLOCK; BRADYCARDIA; CARDIAC ALLOGRAFT VASCULOPATHY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; DRUG USE; FEMALE; FIRST DEGREE ATRIOVENTRICULAR BLOCK; HEART HEMODYNAMICS; HEART MUSCLE CONDUCTION DISTURBANCE; HEART RATE; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; MALE; MYOCARDIAL PERFUSION IMAGING; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SECOND DEGREE ATRIOVENTRICULAR BLOCK; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; SUPRAVENTRICULAR PREMATURE BEAT;

ADENOSINE; ADENOSINE A2 RECEPTOR AGONISTS; AGED; FEMALE; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL PERFUSION IMAGING; PURINES; PYRAZOLES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON;

EID: 80052451840     PISSN: 10713581     EISSN: 15326551     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12350-011-9399-3     Document Type: Article

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