REVERSIBLE SEVERE LOWER-LIMB PAIN DURING A DIPYRIDAMOLE SESTAMIBI MYOCARDIAL PERFUSION STUDY - A CASE-REPORT

Authors
WONG DC SZETO E
Citation
Dc. Wong et E. Szeto, REVERSIBLE SEVERE LOWER-LIMB PAIN DURING A DIPYRIDAMOLE SESTAMIBI MYOCARDIAL PERFUSION STUDY - A CASE-REPORT, Clinical nuclear medicine, 23(6), 1998, pp. 350-352
Citations number
18
Categorie Soggetti
Radiology,Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging
Journal title
Clinical nuclear medicine → ACNP
ISSN journal
03639762
Volume
23
Issue
6
Year of publication
1998
Pages
350 - 352
Database
ISI
SICI code
0363-9762(1998)23:6<350:RSLPDA>2.0.ZU;2-D
Abstract
A 68-year-old woman reported acute severe pain in both lower limbs dur ing a dipyridamole sestamibi myocardial perfusion scan. The pain was r apidly relieved by the administration of intravenous aminophylline. A review of the literature on the adverse effects of dipyridamole did no t include this symptom.