title: Detecting left ventricular myocardial ischemia during intravenous dobutamine with cardiovascular magnetic resonance imaging (MRI).
abstract: Advances in computer software, scanner hardware, and hemodynamic monitoring equipment have permitted the development of cardiovascular stress testing protocols for use during intravenous Dobutamine infusions within magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scanners. Recent studies have documented that the safety profile and clinical utility of Dobutamine/Atropine cardiac stress testing during MRI compares favorably with other noninvasive stress imaging modalities and is particularly useful in patients not well suited for stress echocardiograms.
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, North Carolina 27157-1045, USA.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Rerkpattanapipat
authors.forename: K M
authors.initials: KM
authors.lastname: Link
authors.forename: C A
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Hamilton
authors.forename: W G
authors.initials: WG
authors.lastname: Hundley
mesh_terms: D001285:Atropine; D003327:Coronary Disease / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology; D004280:Dobutamine; D005080:Exercise Test / Q000295:instrumentation*; D006439:Hemodynamics / Q000502:physiology; D006801:Humans; D007089:Image Enhancement; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000295:instrumentation*; D017202:Myocardial Ischemia / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology; D011237:Predictive Value of Tests; D018487:Ventricular Dysfunction, Left / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology
chemical_list: D004280:Dobutamine; D001285:Atropine