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Relation between the incidence of arrhythmias and ischemic ST-segment depression during dipyridamole electrocardiography test in patients with coronary artery disease.
To examine the incidence of arrhythmias in dipyridamole infusion and the relation between dipyridamole-induced arrhythmias and ST-segment depression, dipyridamole electrocardiography tests were performed on 100 patients with coronary artery disease. Dipyridamole was infused at a rate of 0.568 mg/kg for 4 min, and 87-lead body surface mapping was performed to determine ischemic ST-segment depression. Positive ischemic response was defined as greater than or equal to 0.10 mV horizontal or downsloping ST-segment depression below the baseline, lasting 80 msec after the J point. Arrhythmias were observed by continuous electrocardiographic monitoring using a CM-5 lead electrocardiography. With respect to ventricular premature contractions (VPC), a group of patients with previous myocardial infarction (MI group) had a significantly higher incidence than a group of patients without previous myocardial infarction (non-MI group) before (16.7% vs. 1.7%, p less than 0.01) and after (38.1% vs. 3.4%, p less than 0.005) the dipyridamole infusion. The incidence of supraventricular premature contractions (SVPC), however, was not significantly different between the MI and non-MI groups. A group of patients with positive ischemic response had a significantly higher incidence of SVPC after the dipyridamole infusion than a group of patients with negative ischemic response (p less than 0.005). However, there was no significant difference in the incidence of VPC between the negative and positive ischemic response groups. These results suggest that dipyridamole-induced VPC is not always associated with ischemic ST-segment depression, but dipyridamole-induced SVPC is associated with dipyridamole-induced ischemic ST-segment depression in patients with coronary artery disease.[1]References
- Relation between the incidence of arrhythmias and ischemic ST-segment depression during dipyridamole electrocardiography test in patients with coronary artery disease. Shibata, T., Kubota, I., Ikeda, K., Yamaki, M., Hanashima, K., Tsuiki, K., Yasui, S. Japanese heart journal. (1991) [Pubmed]
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