Progressive bradycardia with increasing doses of dobutamine leading to stress echo interruption
Author(s) -
Maria Olszowska,
Piotr Musiałek,
Rafał Drwiła,
Piotr Podolec
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
cardiology journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.573
H-Index - 33
eISSN - 1897-5593
pISSN - 1898-018X
DOI - 10.5603/cj.2012.0012
Subject(s) - medicine , dobutamine , bradycardia , cardiology , coronary artery disease , stress testing (software) , stress test , heart rate , anesthesia , hemodynamics , blood pressure , finance , computer science , economics , programming language
Dobutamine stress testing is an important non-invasive method for evaluating patients with known or suspected coronary artery disease who are unable to adequately exercise. We present a case of a paradoxical, progressive bradycardia occurring with increasing doses of dobutamine that resulted in stress test interruption.
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