MAR 15, at heart: dipyridamole for stress myocardial imaging

 a) Reprise of material posted on March 15 in previous years ...

2020: garden intruders, stinkhorn fungus (illustrated poem)
2021: anagram swarms, Canada's turn (wordplay maps) 

2022: Carolina lowcountry, pelicatessen revisited (photo-collage)
2023: special events, percussion quartet (photo-collage)

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b) Today's Offering (Mar 15, 2024): 

Authors' Note: 

 (dye-puh-RIH-duh-mawl)

(Puhr-SANT-in)

Tests of myocardial flow in the Nuclear laboratory, e.g. gated SPECT, require a stimulus so that the specific radiotracer can be injected at peak blood flow to image the state of heart muscle. Ideally, exercise stress, as with a submaximal treadmill procedure, provides this stimulus, with a high attained heart rate reflecting success. As a backup in those unable to exercise sufficiently, (musculoskeletal or breathing problems, reduced fitness), pharmacologic stress may be used. Dipyridamole ,tradename Persantine, is a commonly used agent for this purpose, increasing blood flow optimally, but with little change in heart rate or blood pressure. 

You can view more poems on this topic by proceeding to "Cardiologic Tracings: AT HEART" (parts #1 and #2) on our full-service blog "Edifying Nonsense". Click HERE!