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Acute myocardial infarction in a patient during dobutamine stress echocardiography
M Takeuchi1, S Sonoda, H Hanada
1Second Department of Internal Medicine, University of Occupational and Environmental Health, Kitakyushu, Japan. hinako@med.uoeh-u.ac.jp
Catheterization and Cardiovascular Diagnosis
|August 1, 1997
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A patient experienced acute myocardial infarction (heart attack) during a dobutamine stress echocardiography. This case report explores the likely cause of this cardiac event.
Area of Science:
- Cardiology
- Diagnostic Imaging
- Clinical Case Reports
Background:
- Dobutamine stress echocardiography is a common diagnostic tool for assessing coronary artery disease.
- Myocardial infarction is a serious condition involving the blockage of blood flow to the heart muscle.
Abstract:
We report the case of a patient who developed an acute anteroseptal and inferior myocardial infarction during dobutamine stress echocardiography. The proposed mechanism for this event is discussed based on results obtained during emergency coronary angioplasty and subsequent clinical findings.