| Exercise induced atrio-ventricular (AV) block during nuclear perfusion stress testing: a case report. | |
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PMID: 18592939 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
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BACKGROUND: Exercise causes enhanced sympathetic discharge and results in physiologic tachycardia. However, in some patients with a diseased conduction system resulting from acute ischemia, exercise can precipitate heart block. METHODS AND RESULTS: In this report we describe a 51 years old male patient with transient advanced degree atrioventricular (AV) block developed during recovery from exercise stress testing, resolved after the administration of atropine. Nuclear perfusion imaging demostrated stress-induced ischemia of the inferior-apical segments, and recovery of perfusion in the images obtained at rest. Coronarography showed critical stenosis of the right coronary artery, which was treated by percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) and drug eluting stent (DES) deployment. CONCLUSION: Nuclear myocardial perfusion imaging provides noninvasive evidence that transient ischemia of the infero-apical segment can result in advanced degree AV block in patient with critical severe right coronary disease. |
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Authors:
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Filippo Maria Sarullo; Salvatore Accardo; Paola D'Antoni; Annamaria Martino; Antonio Micari; Vincenzo Pernice; Antonio Castello |
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Type: Journal Article |
Journal Detail:
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Title: Monaldi archives for chest disease = Archivio Monaldi per le malattie del torace / Fondazione clinica del lavoro, IRCCS [and] Istituto di clinica tisiologica e malattie apparato respiratorio, Università di Napoli, Secondo ateneo Volume: 70 ISSN: 1122-0643 ISO Abbreviation: Monaldi Arch Chest Dis Publication Date: 2008 Mar |
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Created Date: 2008-07-02 Completed Date: 2008-09-03 Revised Date: - |
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Nlm Unique ID: 9307314 Medline TA: Monaldi Arch Chest Dis Country: Italy |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 29-33 Citation Subset: IM |
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Department of Cardiology, Buccheri La Ferla Fatebenefratelli Hospital, Palermo, Italy. fsarullo@neomedia.it |
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Angioplasty, Transluminal, Percutaneous Coronary Atrioventricular Block / drug therapy, etiology* Atropine / therapeutic use Coronary Angiography Coronary Stenosis / complications*, diagnosis*, therapy Drug-Eluting Stents Exercise Test / adverse effects* Heart / radionuclide imaging* Humans Male Middle Aged Tomography, Emission-Computed, Single-Photon* |
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51-55-8/Atropine |
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