Prognostic stratification of patients with right bundle branch block using dobutamine stress echocardiography.
The presence of a right bundle branch block (RBBB) is associated with increased mortality. We studied the role of dobutamine stress echocardiography for the prognostic stratification of patients with RBBB. The presence of an abnormal dobutamine stress echocardiography was the strongest predictor of cardiac events and provided incremental prognostic information to clinical and stress test data.
Department of Cardiology, Thoraxcenter, Erasmus MC, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
Elena
E
Biagini
Arend F L
AF
Schinkel
Vittoria
V
Rizzello
Ron T
RT
van Domburg
Chiara
C
Pedone
Abdou
A
Elhendy
Boudewijn J
BJ
Krenning
Manolis
M
Bountioukos
Eleni C
EC
Vourvouri
Angelo
A
Branzi
Claudio
C
Rapezzi
Maarten L
ML
Simoons
Jeroen J
JJ
Bax
Don
D
Poldermans
D000368:Aged; D001794:Blood Pressure / Q000502:physiology; D002037:Bundle-Branch Block / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000503:physiopathology; D025401:Echocardiography, Stress; D004562:Electrocardiography; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000503:physiopathology; D006339:Heart Rate / Q000502:physiology; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D015999:Multivariate Analysis; D017202:Myocardial Ischemia / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000503:physiopathology; D011237:Predictive Value of Tests; D011379:Prognosis; D013599:Systole / Q000502:physiology