The purpose of this study was to investigate the influence of gastric emptying patterns, surfactants, and dosage form on the supersaturation of a poorly soluble weakly basic drug, dipyridamole, using an in vitro model mimicking the dynamic environment of the upper gastrointestinal tract, and, furthermore, to evaluate the usefulness of this model in establishing correlations to in vivo bioavaila...

BACKGROUND No previous study has assessed the possible role of dipyridamole for treatment of no-reflow during acute myocardial infarction (AMI). METHODS AND RESULTS Forty-six consecutive patients (age 64 ± 13 years, 37 men) with no reflow during primary percutaneous coronary intervention were randomized to initial treatment with either dipyridamole (0.56 mg/kg i.c.) or verapamil (1 mg i.c.). ...

The exercise-electrocardiography test shows limited feasibility and diagnostic accuracy for the noninvasive detection of coronary artery disease in hypertensive patients. Recently, the dipyridamole-echocardiography test (two-dimensional echocardiographic monitoring with dipyridamole infusion, up to 0.84 mg/kg over 10 minutes) has been proposed as an exercise-independent method for the diagnosis...

OBJECTIVES To examine the clinical effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of two alternative antiplatelet agents, clopidogrel and modified-release (MR)-dipyridamole, relative to prophylactic doses of aspirin for the secondary prevention of occlusive vascular events. DATA SOURCES Electronic databases. REVIEW METHODS A total of 2906 titles and abstracts were rigorously screened and 441 studies ...

We read with great interest the paper by Sicari et al. dealing with the prognostic value of dipyridamole echocardiography test in patients with chest pain syndrome and angiographically normal or near normal coronary arteries and the accompanying editorial by Marwick. This study, based in a large cohort with long-term follow-up, shows that dipyridamole echocardiography can identify a subgroup wi...

BACKGROUND The traditional method to determine the binding sites of inhibitors bound to nucleoside transporters on cell membrane is the radioactive assay. This method suffers from radiolabel instability and the need to dispose of reactive materials. Fluorescence spectroscopy has been increasingly applied to biochemical analysis due to its high sensitivity and selectivity. We describe fluorescen...

OBJECTIVE To test the antioxidant effect of therapeutic doses of dipyridamole on cellular membranes, human erythrocytes were chosen as an appropriate model to study oxidative stress induced by cumene hydroperoxide because of their high content in heme-Fe(2+). METHODS The oxidative stress was induced by incubation with 160 micromoll(-1) cumene hydroperoxide and expressed by three main factors:...

AIMS Although dipyridamole is a widely used pharmacological stress agent, the direct effects on myocardium are not entirely known. Diabetic cardiomyopathy can be investigated by 2D-strain echocardiography. The aim of this study was to assess myocardial functional reserve after dipyridamole infusion using speckle-tracking echocardiography. METHODS Seventy-five patients referred for dipyridamol...

Introduction Dipyridamole decreases proteinuria and improves renal function progression in patients with glomerular disease through its inhibition of platelet activation and enhanced nitric oxide expression. Few studies have evaluated the effects of dipyridamole on renal outcome or survival in CKD stage 5 patients who have not yet received dialysis (CKD 5 ND). Materials and Methods A prospect...

Dipyridamole inhibited the incorporation of cytidine, thymidine, uridine, and guanosine in rat hepatoma 3924A cells with 50% inhibitory concentrations of 0.2 to 0.5 microM. For deoxycytidine, the 50% inhibitory concentration was about 100 times higher (23.8 microM). Addition of a combination of cytidine, deoxycytidine, and guanosine, at an optimal concentration of 80 microM each, protected the ...