Abstract | BACKGROUND: Combining low-level treadmill exercise with adenosine infusion may result in fewer bradyarrhythmic complications by increasing sympathetic tone and may improve myocardial perfusion image quality by decreasing background activity. METHODS: Patients referred for outpatient pharmacologic stress myocardial perfusion imaging performed simultaneous treadmill exercise (mean 2.2 metabolic equivalents) throughout 6-minute adenosine infusion ( adenosine-exercise n = 507). Patients unable to exercise and those with left bundle branch block received adenosine infusion alone ( adenosine-nonexercise n = 286). Adverse reaction data were collected on all patients and compared by sex. Background-to-target activity was calculated in a blinded fashion on 200 randomly selected patients. RESULTS: During the period from April 1996 to December 1998, 507 patients (64%) underwent adenosine-exercise testing, whereas 286 (36%) underwent adenosine-nonexercise testing. Hypotensive and arrhythmic ( atrioventricular block, sinus bradycardia, and new onset atrial fibrillation or flutter) adverse reactions occurred less often during adenosine-exercise than during adenosine-nonexercise. Neither death nor myocardial infarction occurred in either group. In the adenosine-exercise group, 2.8% of patients experienced an adverse reaction versus 5.6% of the adenosine-nonexercise group (P = .04). The reduction in adverse reactions occurred in both men and women, although women had significantly more adverse reactions than men (5.7% vs 1.8%, P = .004). Liver/heart and gut/heart ratios were lower in the adenosine-exercise group (1.05+/-0.42 vs. 1.21+/-0.55 , P = .01; 0.61+/-0.21 vs. 0.69+/-0.24, P = .03, respectively). CONCLUSIONS: Compared with adenosine infusion alone, combining low-level treadmill exercise with adenosine in outpatients is safe, better tolerated, and improves image quality. Women were more likely to experience adverse reactions than men.
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Authors | G S Thomas, N V Prill, H Majmundar, R R Fabrizi, J J Thomas, C Hayashida, S Kothapalli, J L Payne, M M Payne, M I Miyamoto |
Journal | Journal of nuclear cardiology : official publication of the American Society of Nuclear Cardiology
(J Nucl Cardiol)
2000 Sep-Oct
Vol. 7
Issue 5
Pg. 439-46
ISSN: 1071-3581 [Print] United States |
PMID | 11083192
(Publication Type: Clinical Trial, Journal Article, Randomized Controlled Trial)
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Chemical References |
- Radiopharmaceuticals
- Thallium Radioisotopes
- Technetium Tc 99m Sestamibi
- Adenosine
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Topics |
- Adenosine
(administration & dosage, adverse effects)
- Adult
- Aged
- Aged, 80 and over
- Coronary Circulation
- Coronary Disease
(diagnostic imaging)
- Exercise Test
(adverse effects)
- Female
- Hemodynamics
- Humans
- Infusions, Intravenous
- Male
- Middle Aged
- Radiopharmaceuticals
- Retrospective Studies
- Technetium Tc 99m Sestamibi
- Thallium Radioisotopes
- Tomography, Emission-Computed, Single-Photon
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