title: [Diagnostic accuracy of dobutamine-atropine stress echocardiography].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To analyze the diagnostic accuracy of dobutamine-atropine stress echocardiography.
  
  
  METHODS
  We studied 304 consecutive patients using dobutamine-atropine stress echocardiography who underwent coronary angiography within a month of the exam. Patients received high dobutamine doses associated or not with atropine.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The global sensitivity was 92%, specificity was 72% and diagnostic accuracy was 87%. Analyzing 120 patients with normal LV function, we found sensitivity of 85%, specificity of 79% and accuracy of 82%.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Dobutamine-atropine stress echocardiography is an accurate method for the detection of coronary artery disease.
authors.affiliation: Escola Paulista de Medicina e Hospital Unicor-São Paulo.
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Mathias Júnior
authors.forename: A M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Arruda
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Benevides
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Duprat
authors.forename: J L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Andrade
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Campos Filho
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Martinez
authors.forename: L A
authors.initials: LA
authors.lastname: Silva
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Ribeiro
mesh_terms: D001285:Atropine; D002316:Cardiotonic Agents; D003327:Coronary Disease / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D004280:Dobutamine; D005080:Exercise Test / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D018727:Muscarinic Antagonists; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D014463:Ultrasonography
chemical_list: D002316:Cardiotonic Agents; D018727:Muscarinic Antagonists; D004280:Dobutamine; D001285:Atropine
vernacular_title: Acurácia diagnóstica da ecocardiografia com estresse pela dobutamina associada à atropina.