Persistent chest pain following oral dipyridamole for thallium 201 myocardial imaging |
| |
| Authors: | A H Kwai A F Jacobson K M McIntyre W H Williams D E Tow |
| |
| Affiliation: | Nuclear Medicine and Medical Services, Brockton/West Roxbury V.A. Medical Center, MA 02132. |
| |
| Abstract: | A patient was admitted to the hospital with acute chest pain. After acute myocardial infarction was ruled out, he underwent a stress thallium 201 scintigraphy using oral dipyridamole and developed persistent angina with ST-segment elevation. This complication has not been reported previously. It is recommended that appropriate intervention be available if severe ischemia develops following administration of dipyridamole for diagnostic imaging. |
| |
| Keywords: | |
|
