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Try a dypyridamole myocardial perfusion scan.

I assume this pt is unable to walk on a treadmill, thus the dipyridamole study is requested instead. This is a chemically-induced stress test. The patient undergoes a resting nuclear medicine scan before the dipyridamole portion of the test. The "dip" (or Persantine, if you prefer) is then administered IV, and increased in measured increments at particular times during the study, which takes about 30 min total for the infusion part. Its purpose is to increase the heart rate to a target rate. After the target heart rate has been reached, the dip is stopped, and the patient is injected with myoview. When the pt's heart rate has returned to 100 bpm or less, he/she is taken back over to Nuclear Medicine for more imaging. The myoview makes a "freeze-frame" picture of the heart muscle after it's been stressed, showing perfusion to the muscle. If the pt has coronary disease (which slows blood flow to the area that vessel supplies), the scan will likely show an area or areas of decreased perfusion.
Of course, the dip is stopped if the pt experiences chest pain or EKG changes.
I've presented it very simply, I hope. Don't want to talk down but want you to understand what's happening. Will you be able to watch the study?