The structure of adenosine was first described in 1931, though the vasodilating effects were not described in literature until the 1940s. Adenosine is indicated as an adjunct to thallium-201 in myocardial perfusion scintigraphy, though it is rarely used in this indication, having largely been replaced by dipyridamole and [regadenson]. Adenosine is also indic...
Adenosine is indicated as an adjunct to thallium-201 in myocardial perfusion scintigraphy in patients unable to adequately exercise. It is also indicated to convert sinus rhythm of paroxysmal supraventricular tachycardia.
ValldHebron Hospital, Barcelona, Spain
Policlinico Umberto I, Rome, Italy
Department of Clinical Pharmacology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
Stephenson CMR Centre at Foothills Medical Centre, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
University of Ottawa Heart Institute, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Dipartimento Medicina Cardiovascolare, Rome, Italy
Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee, United States
The Center for Clinical Research, 145 Kimel Park Drive, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States
Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Medical Center Boulevard, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States
University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, United States
University of Miami/Miller School of Medicine, Miami, Florida, United States
Medical College of Georgia, Augusta, Georgia, United States
Universitaire Ziekenhuizen Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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