Acute cardiac rupture during dobutamine-atropine echocardiography stress test

J Am Soc Echocardiogr. 2000 Feb;13(2):152-3. doi: 10.1016/s0894-7317(00)90028-2.

Abstract

We report an acute cardiac rupture during dobutamine-atropine echocardiography stress test on the sixth day after admission for an inferoposterior acute myocardial infarction complicated with mild pericardial effusion.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Acute Disease
  • Atropine / adverse effects*
  • Dobutamine / adverse effects*
  • Echocardiography / adverse effects*
  • Heart Rupture / chemically induced
  • Heart Rupture / etiology*
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged

Substances

  • Dobutamine
  • Atropine