Atropine in exercise stress echocardiography? Case report.
Stress echocardiography is widely used in the investigation of coronary heart disease. Exercise stress echocardiography offers the advantage of visualizing myocardial motion abnormalities during physiological stress testing. The authors report the use of atropine, as an adjunct to exercise echocardiography, in risk stratification after myocardial infarction.
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Serviço de Cardiologia, Hospital Garcia de Orta, Almada.
João
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Fazendas
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Alvarenga
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Brandão
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Matias
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Pereira
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de Oliveira
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Carrageta
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D001285:Atropine; D025401:Echocardiography, Stress; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D018727:Muscarinic Antagonists
D018727:Muscarinic Antagonists; D001285:Atropine