The following is excerpted from the article From Singing to Speaking, Stroke Connection Magazine, September/October 2005 (Last science update March 2013) It's amazing to see stroke survivors who've lost the ability to speak suddenly produce accurate words when singing familiar songs.
Inject Thallium-201 at the midpoint of the adenosine injection infusion (i.e., after the first three minutes of adenosine injection) â¢. Thallium-201 is physically compatible with adenosine injection and may be injected directly into the adenosine injection infusion set.
dipyridamole or adenosine. Use of pharmacologic agents in myocardial perfusion imaging (CPT codes 78451-78454) is not a standard of care and is not medically necessary unless exercise is not possible. In some cases dobutamine may be used to effect stress through its inotropic effect. 1.