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. 2024 Feb 28;34(9):5666–5677. doi: 10.1007/s00330-024-10644-4

Table 4.

Medication for cardiac MRI

Medication Number of cases in total
N = 226,266
Frequency in total Number of cases in suspected CAD
N = 48,406
Frequency of cases in suspected CAD
Adenosine 50,131 22.2% 30,470 62.9%
Regadenoson 6384 2.8% 4106 8.5%
Dobutamine 913 0.4% 597 1.2%
Sedation 483 0.2% 107 0.2%
Nitrates 254 0.1% 145 0.3%
Beta-blockers—intravenous 108 0.05% 56 0.1%
Beta-blockers—oral 85 0.04% 23 0.05%
Premedication for contrast allergy 46 0.02% 11 0.02%
Calcium channel blocker 8 0.004% 4 0.01%

CAD coronary artery disease. N number of patients in category

Medications are not mutually exclusive due to different indications