Why the study?
Does oral dipyridamole cause myocardial ischemia in patients awaiting urgent myocardial revascularization?
Population
4 patients awaiting urgent myocardial revascularization procedures with epicardial coronary collateral vessels
Design
Case_series
Authors
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May warrant caution with oral dipyridamole in unstable CAD; hypothesis-generating for coronary steal and should not yet change practice.
Does oral dipyridamole cause myocardial ischemia in patients awaiting urgent myocardial revascularization?
Oral dipyridamole can induce myocardial ischemia in patients with coronary artery disease awaiting revascularization, likely via a coronary steal phenomenon.
Theodore N. Keltz (1987) studied this question.
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