title: Inducible myocardial ischaemia diagnosed using computed tomography dipyridamole stress myocardial perfusion technique.
abstract: Improved multi-detector computed tomography (MDCT) temporal and spatial resolution allows for the assessment of coronary artery disease, left ventricular systolic function and resting myocardial perfusion defects with high sensitivity and specificity. Here we present a case using a novel combination technique of cardiac computed tomography scanning with dipyridamole stress for the detection of functionally significant coronary disease, and demonstrate that dipyridamole-induced myocardial ischaemia is both detectable and quantifiable by cardiac MDCT.
authors.affiliation: Radiology Department, Royal Brompton Hospital, London, UK. a.jabbour@rbht.nhs.uk
authors.forename: Andrew
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Jabbour
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Boshell
authors.forename: Kenneth
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Sesel
authors.forename: Elizabeth
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Silverstone
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Muller
authors.forename: James
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Stirrup
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Rubens
authors.forename: Christopher S
authors.initials: CS
authors.lastname: Hayward
authors.forename: Susan P
authors.initials: SP
authors.lastname: Wright
mesh_terms: D017023:Coronary Angiography / Q000379:methods*; D003324:Coronary Artery Disease / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D004176:Dipyridamole; D005080:Exercise Test / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D017202:Myocardial Ischemia / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology; D055414:Myocardial Perfusion Imaging / Q000379:methods*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000379:methods*; D014665:Vasodilator Agents
chemical_list: D014665:Vasodilator Agents; D004176:Dipyridamole