Paradoxical bradycardia and blood pressure elevation during dobutamine stress echocardiography reveal ischemia in a patient with syncope

Hellenic J Cardiol. 2017 Jul-Aug;58(4):291-293. doi: 10.1016/j.hjc.2016.11.025. Epub 2016 Nov 17.

Authors

Vasileios Kamperidis¹, George Giannakoulas², Maria Vlachou², Stella Ntourtsiou³, Georgios Sianos², Haralambos Karvounis²

Affiliations

¹ Cardiology Department, AHEPA Hospital, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece. Electronic address: vkamperidis@outlook.com.
² Cardiology Department, AHEPA Hospital, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece.
³ Cardiology Department, AHEPA Hospital, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece; Cardiology Department, General Hospital of Komotini, Komotini, Greece.

PMID: 28073695
DOI: 10.1016/j.hjc.2016.11.025

No abstract available

Keywords: bradycardia; dobutamine; stress echocardiography; syncope.

Publication types

Letter

MeSH terms

Blood Pressure / physiology*
Bradycardia / diagnosis
Bradycardia / etiology*
Cardiotonic Agents / pharmacology
Dobutamine / pharmacology*
Echocardiography, Stress / methods*
Humans
Myocardial Ischemia / complications
Myocardial Ischemia / diagnosis*
Myocardial Ischemia / physiopathology
Syncope / complications
Syncope / diagnosis*
Syncope / physiopathology

Substances

Cardiotonic Agents
Dobutamine