[Prethrombus acute constitution during dobutamine stress echocardiography].
Although generally regarded as a safe stress modality, dobutamine stress echocardiography (DSE) has been associated with several well described complications. However, to our knowledge, acute constitution of thrombi during the stress test has never been described. In this report, we present the case of a 64 year-old man with a history of ischemic heart disease who underwent a preoperative DSE; during the test, we witnessed a striking acute constitution of an intense prethrombotic state with almost a formation of a highly mobile massive thrombus adjacent to the infero-apical segment spontaneously resolving few minutes after the end of the test.
Service de cardiologie, centre hospitalier d'Avignon, 84000 Avignon, France; EA4278, laboratoire de pharm-écologie cardiovasculaire, université d'Avignon, 84000 Avignon, France.
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Service de cardiologie, centre hospitalier d'Avignon, 84000 Avignon, France.
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Service de cardiologie, hôpital de Belfort, 14, rue de Mulhouse, 90000 Belfort, France. Electronic address: sofienerek@yahoo.fr.
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D015906:Angioplasty, Balloon, Coronary; D017023:Coronary Angiography; D025401:Echocardiography, Stress / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000379:methods*; D006352:Heart Ventricles / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D017202:Myocardial Ischemia / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D012075:Remission, Spontaneous; D012307:Risk Factors; D015607:Stents; D013927:Thrombosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D018487:Ventricular Dysfunction, Left / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging
Dobutamine stress echocardiography; Thrombus; Échocardiographie de stress