[Left ventricular free wall rupture during dobutamine stress echocardiography].

Abstract

Dobutamine stress echocardiography is associated with a very low rate of serious complications, lower than 0.5% (death, infarction or sustained ventricular tachycardia). We report the case of a 75 year-old female patient that suffered a fatal left ventricular free wall rupture during a dobutamine stress echocardiography after acute myocardial infarction.

• Authors: José Zamorano, Raúl Moreno, Carlos Almería, Viviana Serra, José Rodrigo, Luis Sánchez-Harguindey
• Journal: Revista espanola de cardiologia (Rev Esp Cardiol) Vol. 55 Issue 3 Pg. 312-4 (Mar 2002) ISSN: 0300-8932 [Print] Spain
• Vernacular Title: Rotura de la pared libre del ventrículo izquierdo durante prueba de estrés con dobutamina.
• PMID: 11893324 (Publication Type: Case Reports, English Abstract, Journal Article)

Chemical References

• Cardiotonic Agents
• Dobutamine

Topics

• Aged
• Cardiotonic Agents
• Dobutamine
• Echocardiography, Stress (adverse effects)
• Female
• Humans
• Ventricular Septal Rupture (etiology)