Open AccessStress cardiomyopathy induced during dobutamine stress echocardiography
Author(s) -
Amitoj Singh,
Tudor Sturzoiu,
Srilakshmi Vallabhaneni,
Jamshid Shirani
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
international journal of critical illness and injury science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.274
H-Index - 12
eISSN - 2231-5004
pISSN - 2229-5151
DOI - 10.4103/ijciis.ijciis_86_19
Subject(s) - medicine , cardiology , ejection fraction , dobutamine , coronary artery disease , heart failure , cardiomyopathy , blood pressure , atrial fibrillation , heart rate , hemodynamics
Catecholamines play a central role in pathogenesis of stress cardiomyopathy (SC). We aimed to review the clinical characteristics, procedural details and outcomes of patients with SC during dobutamine stress echocardiography (DSE).