title: [Preoperative cardiac assessment using dobutamine stress echocardiography].
abstract: Postoperative myocardial ischaemia is the leading cause of life expectancy impairment after high cardiac risk surgical procedures. Preoperative identification of patients at high risk for such complication helps reducing its postoperative incidence through therapeutic adjustments. The former relies upon preoperative selection of patients who are candidates for cardiac testing using dobutamine stress echocardiography, according to ACC/AHA guidelines. This exam evaluates echographic myocardial response to a pharmacological stress induced by dobutamine infusion. Its aim is to reproduce part of the stress the myocardium will undergo during surgical procedure. A stress induced myocardial ischaemia suggests such a complication could occur postoperatively. A positive dobutamine stress echocardiography justifies to prescribe preoperative anti-ischaemic treatment in order to reduce the cardiac risk of the further surgical procedure. Moreover, it justifies clear definition of perioperative haemodynamic objectives. Whatever the result of the dobutamine stress echocardiography, cardiac ischaemia should be monitored up to the third postoperative day on the basis of a daily 12-lead electrocardiogram recording and daily plasmatic troponin Ic measurement.
authors.affiliation: Département d'anesthésie-réanimation, groupe hospitalier Pitié-Salpêtrière, 47-83, boulevard de l'Hôpital, 75651 Paris cedex 13, France. mathieu.raux@psl.aphp.fr
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Raux
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Godet
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Fine
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Isnard
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D015415:Biomarkers; D004280:Dobutamine; D025401:Echocardiography, Stress / Q000379:methods; D017558:Elective Surgical Procedures; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D017202:Myocardial Ischemia / Q000097:blood / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000517:prevention & control; D018579:Patient Selection; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000097:blood / Q000517:prevention & control; D011300:Preoperative Care; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012306:Risk; D012307:Risk Factors; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D019210:Troponin I / Q000097:blood
chemical_list: D015415:Biomarkers; D019210:Troponin I; D004280:Dobutamine