PMID: 9532813Jul 1, 1997Paper

Safety and feasibility of dobutamine-atropine stress echocardiography

Arquivos brasileiros de cardiologia
W Mathias JúniorE Martinez

Abstract

To study the safety and feasibility of dobutamine-atropine stress echocardiography (DASE) in patients with known or suspected coronary artery disease. There were 3,000 DASE that were studied in a prospective fashion. All symptoms and side effects were stored in a data base format. Major test-related complications observed included one case of myocardial infarction, four cases of sustained ventricular tachycardia and five cases of atropine intoxication. There was no death or ventricular fibrillation as a direct or indirect consequence of the test. The infusion protocol allowed to us to examine patients using beta blockers, and led to 95% feasibility. DASE is a safe and feasible method for the study of patients with suspected or known coronary artery disease.

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