[Left ventricular free wall rupture during dobutamine stress echocardiography].
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.
Zamorano
José
J
Laboratorio de Ecocardiografía, Hospital Universitario Clínico San Carlos, Madrid, Spain. jlzamorano@jet.es
Moreno
Raúl
R
Almería
Carlos
C
Serra
Viviana
V
Rodrigo
José
J
Sánchez-Harguindey
Luis
L
D000368:Aged; D002316:Cardiotonic Agents; D004280:Dobutamine; D025401:Echocardiography, Stress / Q000009:adverse effects*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D018658:Ventricular Septal Rupture / Q000209:etiology*
D002316:Cardiotonic Agents; D004280:Dobutamine