[Prognostic value of stress echocardiography by dobutamine combined with atropine]
W Mathias Júnior1, U Stella, F Baruta
1Escola Paulista de Medicina-UNIFESP e Hospital Unicor, São Paulo.
Purpose:
To determine the prognostic value of dobutamine-atropine stress echocardiography (DASE).
Methods:
We studied 452 consecutive patients at high risk for coronary artery disease, using DASE. They were followed during a mean period of 23 months.
Results:
There were 9 cardiac deaths and 2 acute myocardial infarctions in the group of patients with positive tests, and there were 2 myocardial infarctions and 1 cardiac death in patients with negative DASE.
Conclusion:
We conclude that DASE reliably identifies patients at high risk for hard cardiac events.
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