title: Use of dobutamine stress echocardiography for risk assessment before noncardiac surgery.
abstract: Preoperative cardiac risk stratification has been traditionally performed using clinical variables indicative of increased cardiac risk, more recently dipyridamole-thalium imaging has been used with variable success. Several well-designed clinical studies have now shown that DSE is a feasible, safe, and useful modality for cardiac risk stratification before surgical procedures; its accuracy is comparable to nuclear perfusion testing. DSE has the additional advantages of having a relatively lower cost and providing additional information regarding ventricular and valvular function.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Northwestern University Medical School, Chicago, IL, USA.
authors.forename: M N
authors.initials: MN
authors.lastname: Tawam
authors.forename: J V
authors.initials: JV
authors.lastname: Talano
authors.forename: F A
authors.initials: FA
authors.lastname: Chaudhry
mesh_terms: D002316:Cardiotonic Agents; D003327:Coronary Disease / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology; D004280:Dobutamine; D015150:Echocardiography, Doppler; D005080:Exercise Test; D006801:Humans; D011300:Preoperative Care / Q000379:methods*; D012307:Risk Factors; D013514:Surgical Procedures, Operative / Q000009:adverse effects*
chemical_list: D002316:Cardiotonic Agents; D004280:Dobutamine