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- Title
The Significance of ST Depression in a Postmenopausal Woman on Estrogen Therapy during Regadenoson Myocardial SPECT Imaging.
- Authors
Kiran Mehta, Nishaki; Hardebeck, Charles; Gulati, Martha
- Abstract
The incidence of false-positive stress tests has been noted in women, especially on hormone replacement therapy. Current literature describes this phenomenon in treadmill and adenosine stress tests. The introduction of regadenoson as a vasodilator agent has been widely adopted owing to its potency and specificity. To our knowledge, false-positive stress test with regadenoson in a postmenopausal woman on estrogen has never been described. Given the higher chronotropic response with regadenoson, we believe that normal perfusion images with a higher heart rate response indicate a good prognosis in such patients.
- Subjects
POSTMENOPAUSE; ESTROGEN replacement therapy; CARDIOGRAPHIC tomography; PSYCHOLOGICAL stress; MENTAL depression; HORMONE therapy for menopause
- Publication
Case Reports in Cardiology, 2015, Vol 2015, p1
- ISSN
2090-6404
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1155/2015/653760