Exercise-stress improves perfusion imaging
This article was originally published in Clinica
Executive Summary
Combining adenosine-stress imaging with exercise reduces its side-effects and improves tracer distribution. According to medical physicists from the Royal Brompton Hospital in London, combining adenosine infusion and exercise during thallium-201 scanning reduces the noncardiac side-effects of vasodilation and major arrhythmias as well as improving heart-to-background ratios and redistribution.