title: Severe chest pain during stress dobutamine echocardiogram in patient with patent epicardial coronary arteries.
abstract: Dobutamine induced ST-segment elevation in the absence of obstructive coronary artery disease is a rare condition. We report a case of a 37-year-old man, a smoker, who developed severe chest pain associated with transient ST-segment elevation in anterolateral leads and significant segmental wall motion abnormalities during dobutamine stress echocardiography that was immediately relieved by sublingual nitrates without evidence of acute myocardial infarction. Coronary angiogram showed patent epicardial coronary arteries.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology and Cardiovascular Surgery, Hamad General Hospital, PO Box 3050, Doha, Qatar.
authors.forename: Hesham
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Hussein
authors.forename: Ayman
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: El-Menyar
authors.forename: Emad
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Ahmed
authors.forename: Abdulrazzak
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Gehani
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002637:Chest Pain / Q000209:etiology*; D017023:Coronary Angiography; D003327:Coronary Disease / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000503:physiopathology; D003331:Coronary Vessels / Q000473:pathology; D025401:Echocardiography, Stress / Q000009:adverse effects*; D004562:Electrocardiography; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male