AIM To validate dipyridamole as a pharmacological stress test during cardiac catheterisation, allowing both functional and morphological estimation of stenosis severity. METHODS The study encompassed 74 patients: 62 patients with significant coronary artery disease (age 61 (SD 8) years; seven women, 55 men) and 12 controls. Regional wall motion, left ventricular ejection fraction and end dias...

there are several reports that adenosine and carbamazepine have pharmacodynamic interaction. i n this study the antinociceptive interaction o f these two agents was evaluated in mice by the hot plate test. agents were injected intraperitoneally. 0.2 and 0.4 mg/kg doses of r-phenylisopropyladenosine (r-pia) substantially showed antinociceptive effects. carbamazepine had antinociceptive actions e...

We have carried out a clinical trial in 23 patients to determine whether dipyridamole modulates the clinical effect of methotrexate. This trial was based upon in vitro studies which indicate that dipyridamole potentiates the cytotoxic action of methotrexate through inhibition of thymidine salvage. Methotrexate was given as a bolus injection 24 h after initiation of a high dose dipyridamole infu...

AIMS There is evidence that oral dipyridamole, a nucleoside uptake blocker that increases myocardial adenosine levels, lessens myocardial ischaemia by inducing coronary collateral growth in animal models of ischaemic heart disease. However, whether dipyridamole can exert a similar effect in humans with coronary artery disease is controversial. METHODS AND RESULTS We studied 30 male patients (...

A new medication, Aggrenox, a formulation of aspirin and extended-release dipyridamole, is now being actively marketed to physicians for the treatment of patients with transient ischemic attacks and ischemic stroke. I believe that physicians involved in pharmacological stress testing should recognize that patients taking this medicine may also be referred for an adenosine pharmacologic stress p...

OBJECTIVE To compare the ability of dobutamine and dipyridamole stress echocardiography to detect functional recovery of stunned but viable myocardial regions early after acute myocardial infarction, and to predict late functional recovery of the reperfusion salvaged myocardium within the infarct area. METHODS Within 10 d of acute myocardial infarction, 51 patients--30 anterior and 21 inferio...

There are several reports that adenosine and carbamazepine have pharmacodynamic interaction. I n this study the antinociceptive interaction o f these two agents was evaluated in mice by the hot plate test. Agents were injected intraperitoneally. 0.2 and 0.4 mg/kg doses of R-phenylisopropyladenosine (R-PIA) substantially showed antinociceptive effects. Carbamazepine had antinociceptive acti...