Abstract
We demonstrate that patients with left ventricular mural apical thrombi can safely undergo dobutamine stress echocardiography. These patients also have more severe wall motion abnormalities at rest compared with a group of patients with left ventricular dysfunction without evidence of apical thrombus.
MeSH terms
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Cardiotonic Agents* / adverse effects
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Case-Control Studies
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Dobutamine* / adverse effects
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Echocardiography / methods*
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Embolism / epidemiology
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Embolism / prevention & control
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Female
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Heart Diseases / diagnostic imaging*
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Heart Ventricles
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Humans
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Male
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Middle Aged
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Thrombosis / diagnostic imaging*
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Ventricular Dysfunction, Left / diagnostic imaging*
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Ventricular Dysfunction, Left / physiopathology
Substances
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Cardiotonic Agents
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Dobutamine