title: [Left ventricular free wall rupture during dobutamine stress echocardiography].
abstract: Dobutamine stress echocardiography is associated with a very low rate of serious complications, lower than 0.5% (death, infarction or sustained ventricular tachycardia). We report the case of a 75 year-old female patient that suffered a fatal left ventricular free wall rupture during a dobutamine stress echocardiography after acute myocardial infarction.
authors.affiliation: Laboratorio de Ecocardiografía, Hospital Universitario Clínico San Carlos, Madrid, Spain. jlzamorano@jet.es
authors.forename: José
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Zamorano
authors.forename: Raúl
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Moreno
authors.forename: Carlos
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Almería
authors.forename: Viviana
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Serra
authors.forename: José
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Rodrigo
authors.forename: Luis
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Sánchez-Harguindey
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D002316:Cardiotonic Agents; D004280:Dobutamine; D025401:Echocardiography, Stress / Q000009:adverse effects*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D018658:Ventricular Septal Rupture / Q000209:etiology*
chemical_list: D002316:Cardiotonic Agents; D004280:Dobutamine