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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2025 Aug 25.
Published in final edited form as: Catheter Cardiovasc Interv. 2024 Nov 17;104(7):1327–1336. doi: 10.1002/ccd.31282

TABLE 2 ∣.

ICFT drug concentrations and infusion rates.

Method Method of delivery Drug concertation Infusion rate (per minute) Total infusion time Total dose
Acetylcholine (ACH)
Doppler and thermodilution IC pump infusion 2.68 μg/mL of D5W 0.75 mL 2.5 min 5 μg
IC pump infusion 23.6 μg/mL of D5W 0.75 mL 2.5 min 44 μg
IC pump infusion 23.6 μg/mL of D5W 1.875 mL 2.5 min 108 μg
Thermodilution IC push by hand 23.6 μg/mL of D5W 8.5 mL total 1 mina 200 μg
Nitroglycerin
Doppler and thermodilution IC push by hand 50 μg/mL Saline 4 mL total 20–30 sa 200 μg
Adenosine
Doppler IC push by hand 6 μg/mL Saline 3 mL total 1 mina 18 μg
IC push by hand 6 μg/mL Saline 12 mL total 1 mina 72 μg
Thermodilution IV pump infusion 90 μg/mL Saline 140 μg/kg 2 min 45 s 300 μg/kg
IC push by hand 6 μg/mL saline 12 mL total 1 mina 72 μg

Note: Total dosages rounded to nearest whole number.

a

Infusions by hand are approximations.