Persistent chest pain following oral dipyridamole for thallium 201 myocardial imaging.
A patient was admitted to the hospital with acute chest pain. After acute myocardial infarction was ruled out, he underwent a stress thallium 201 scintigraphy using oral dipyridamole and developed persistent angina with ST-segment elevation. This complication has not been reported previously. It is recommended that appropriate intervention be available if severe ischemia develops following administration of dipyridamole for diagnostic imaging.
Kwai
A H
AH
Nuclear Medicine and Medical Services, Brockton/West Roxbury V.A. Medical Center, MA 02132.
Jacobson
A F
AF
McIntyre
K M
KM
Williams
W H
WH
Tow
D E
DE
D000787:Angina Pectoris / Q000139:chemically induced* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D004176:Dipyridamole / Q000009:adverse effects*; D004562:Electrocardiography; D005080:Exercise Test; D006321:Heart / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D013794:Thallium Radioisotopes
D013794:Thallium Radioisotopes; D004176:Dipyridamole