High dose of dipyridamole and treadmill exercise test in patients with coronary artery disease

ABSTRACT

Pharmacologic stress test with dipyridamole [DIP] is an emerging technique for the detection of coronary artery disease [CAD]. It has been shown to be easy and a safe and particularly useful for patients in whom standard exercise stress test is not feasible. This study was planned first to evaluate the feasibility, diagnostic value and safety of DIP stress echo; second, to assess its relative sensitivity specificity and diagnostic accuracy as compared with standard treadmill