Submaximal adenosine‐induced coronary hyperaemia with 12 h caffeine abstinence: implications for clinical adenosine perfusion imaging tests

Carlsson, Marcus; Jögi, Jonas; Markenroth Bloch, Karin; Hedén, Bo; Ekelund, Ulf; Ståhlberg, Freddy; Arheden, Håkan

doi:10.1111/cpf.12125

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Submaximal adenosine‐induced coronary hyperaemia with 12 h caffeine abstinence: implications for clinical adenosine perfusion imaging tests

Published in Clinical Physiology and Functional Imaging • Jan 12, 2014

Authors:

Marcus Carlsson

Jonas Jögi

Karin Markenroth Bloch

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Adenosine is widely used as a vasodilator agent in myocardial perfusion imaging. Caffeine inhibits the effect, but the time of caffeine abstinence needed is under discussion and varies from 12 to 24 h. Therefore, our aim was to examine whether the time of caffeine abstinence affects the ...

Subject

Medicine

Caffeine

Abstinence

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