EARLY CHRONOTROPIC INCOMPETENCE PREDICTS THE NEED FOR ATROPINE DURINGDOBUTAMINE STRESS ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY

Authors
HEPNER AM BACH DS ARMSTRONG WF
Citation
Am. Hepner et al., EARLY CHRONOTROPIC INCOMPETENCE PREDICTS THE NEED FOR ATROPINE DURINGDOBUTAMINE STRESS ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, The American journal of cardiology, 79(3), 1997, pp. 365
Citations number
6
Categorie Soggetti
Cardiac & Cardiovascular System
Journal title
The American journal of cardiology → ACNP
ISSN journal
00029149
Volume
79
Issue
3
Year of publication
1997
Database
ISI
SICI code
0002-9149(1997)79:3<365:ECIPTN>2.0.ZU;2-M
Abstract
Analysis of heart rate responses in 130 patients undergoing dobutamine stress echocardiography revealed that heart rate response at 20 mu g/ kg/min predicted the eventual need for atropine in chronotropically in competent patients. Administering atropine at intermediate doses of do butamine rather than at peak stress may reduce test duration and provi de a more balanced chronotropic and inotropic stress.