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Cardiac Stress Test Induced by Dobutamine and Monitored by Cardiac Catheterization in Mice
Published on: February 10, 2013
Fatal pheochromocytoma crisis precipitated by dobutamine stress echocardiography
Prabhdeep S Sethi1, William Hiser, Hasan Gaffar
1Department of Cardiology, Baystate Medical Center, 759 Chestnut Street, Springfield, MA 01199, USA.
Abstract:
The safety of dobutamine stress echocardiography (DSE) has been demonstrated in multiple studies with a major complication rate of <1%. Specifically, ventricular tachycardia during DSE has a reported incidence of 0.3%, and has been bound to be of no prognostic significance in patients without obstructive coronary artery disease. We report a unique case of fatal pheochromocytoma crisis precipitated by DSE in a patient with heretofore unknown adrenal disease. We are once again reminded that no diagnostic modality is absolutely without risk; however, minimal they might be.
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