title: Intermittent ST-segment depressions during adenosine stress test.
abstract: ST-segment depression during adenosine stress testing is usually a 1-time event during or after the test and is often related to ischemia due to severe 3-vessel disease. In this case report we describe a patient with severe 3-vessel disease who had intermittent ST-segment depression on the electrocardiogram during a myocardial perfusion stress test with adenosine. These intermittent ST depressions could be explained by possible adenosine-induced coronary spasm.
authors.affiliation: Department of Nuclear Medicine, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: Bernies
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: van der Hiel
authors.forename: Arthur J H A
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Scholte
authors.forename: Marcel P M
authors.initials: MP
authors.lastname: Stokkel
mesh_terms: D000241:Adenosine / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D000368:Aged; D000787:Angina Pectoris / Q000209:etiology; D003324:Coronary Artery Disease / Q000175:diagnosis*; D054059:Coronary Occlusion / Q000150:complications; D023921:Coronary Stenosis / Q000150:complications; D003331:Coronary Vessels / Q000503:physiopathology*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004562:Electrocardiography; D005080:Exercise Test; D015637:Gated Blood-Pool Imaging; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000150:complications; D013035:Spasm / Q000175:diagnosis; D013794:Thallium Radioisotopes; D015899:Tomography, Emission-Computed, Single-Photon; D014665:Vasodilator Agents / Q000008:administration & dosage
chemical_list: D013794:Thallium Radioisotopes; D014665:Vasodilator Agents; D000241:Adenosine