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      The relationship between chest pain during thallium-201 scintigraphy with dipyridamole and myocardial ischemia.

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          Dipyridamole thallium-201 scintigraphy (DP-Tl) and coronary angiography were studied on 74 patients with suspected coronary artery disease. We compared the clinical features, hemodynamic responses, angiographic results and scintigraphic findings of patients who had chest pain during DP-Tl testing ('chest pain' group) with those of patients who did not have chest pain ('no pain' group). Thirty eight (51%) of the 74 patients developed chest pain. Heart rate and rate pressure product during DP infusion of 'chest pain' group were greater than those of the 'no pain' group (p less than 0.05). Ischemic ST depression was more frequently observed among 'chest pain' patients (p less than 0.01). There were no differences in angiographic severity of coronary artery disease between 'chest pain' and 'no pain' group. Also, we could find no differences in extent and severity scores of perfusion defects and washout abnormalities between the two groups. However, when patients with myocardial infarction were excluded, the 'chest pain' group had significantly greater extent and severity scores of washout abnormalities than the 'no pain' group (extent score: 38 +/- 8 vs 18 +/- 5, p less than 0.05, severity score: 55 +/- 15 vs 18 +/- 7, p less than 0.01). Our study indicated that in patients without myocardial infarction, patients with 'chest pain' had more severe ischemia than 'no pain' patients. But in patients with myocardial infarction, myocardial ischemia not accompanied by chest pain might be as severe as that with chest pain. The presence or absence of myocardial infarction might have great influence on results regarding the relation of chest pain to myocardial ischemia.

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          Journal
          Jpn. Circ. J.
          Japanese circulation journal
          0047-1828
          0047-1828
          May 1991
          : 55
          : 5
          Affiliations
          [1 ] First Department of Internal Medicine, Yamagata University School of Medicine, Japan.
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          2061996
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