title: Usefulness of chronotropic incompetence to dipyridamole in predicting myocardial perfusion defects in heart transplant recipients.
abstract: The aim of this report was to assess the relation between heart rate response to dipyridamole infusion and perfusion defects at quantitative sestamibi single-photon emission computed tomographic imaging. We demonstrated in 166 heart transplant recipients that chronotropic incompetence to dipyridamole is the only significant and independent predictor of perfusion defects.
authors.affiliation: CNR Clinical Physiology Institute, Section of Milan, Milan, Italy.
authors.forename: Benedetta
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: De Chiara
authors.forename: Riccardo
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Bigi
authors.forename: Emmanuela
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Devoto
authors.forename: Giorgio
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Cavenaghi
authors.forename: Fabio
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Turazza
authors.forename: Roberto
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Sara
authors.forename: Tiziano
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Colombo
authors.forename: Maria
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Frigerio
authors.forename: Oberdan
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Parodi
mesh_terms: D016022:Case-Control Studies; D003327:Coronary Disease / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D004176:Dipyridamole; D004562:Electrocardiography; D005260:Female; D006339:Heart Rate / Q000187:drug effects*; D016027:Heart Transplantation / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D016015:Logistic Models; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011237:Predictive Value of Tests; D012372:ROC Curve; D017256:Technetium Tc 99m Sestamibi; D015899:Tomography, Emission-Computed, Single-Photon; D014665:Vasodilator Agents
chemical_list: D014665:Vasodilator Agents; D004176:Dipyridamole; D017256:Technetium Tc 99m Sestamibi