| Safety and cardiac chronotropic responsiveness to the early injection of atropine during dobutamine stress echocardiography in the elderly. | |
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PMID: 15797935 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
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OBJECTIVE: To determine the safety and cardiac chronotropic responsiveness to early atropine dobutamine stress echocardiography (DSE) in the elderly. DESIGN: Retrospective study of 258 patients >or= 70 years who underwent early atropine DSE and 290 patients >or= 70 years who underwent conventional DSE. In the early atropine protocol, atropine was started at 20 microg/kg/min of dobutamine if heart rate was < 100 beats/min, up to 2 mg. The cardiac chronotropic responsiveness in the elderly was compared with a control group of patients < 70 years matched for sex, myocardial infarction, diabetes, and treatment with beta blockers and calcium channel blockers. RESULTS: The dose of dobutamine given to elderly patients was lower during early atropine than during conventional DSE (mean (SD) 29 (7) v 38 (4) microg/kg/min, p = 0.001). Early atropine DSE resulted in diminished incidence of ventricular extrasystoles, non-sustained ventricular tachycardia, bradycardia, and hypotension compared with conventional DSE. In comparison with patients < 70 years, elderly patients required lower doses of dobutamine and atropine and achieved a higher percentage of predicted maximum heart rate (92 (9)% v 88 (10)%, p = 0.0001). Except for more common hypotension (16% v 10%, p = 0.004), no other difference in adverse effects was observed between patients >or= 70 and < 70 years. CONCLUSIONS: Early atropine DSE is a safe strategy in the elderly resulting in lower incidence of minor adverse effects than with the conventional protocol. Elderly patients presented adequate cardiac chronotropic responsiveness to early injections of atropine, requiring lower doses of drugs to reach test end points. |
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Authors:
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J M Tsutsui; F Cerqueira Lario; D R Fernandes; I Kowatsch; J C Sbano; J A Franchini Ramires; W Mathias |
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Type: Journal Article Date: 2005-03-29 |
Journal Detail:
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Title: Heart (British Cardiac Society) Volume: 91 ISSN: 1468-201X ISO Abbreviation: Heart Publication Date: 2005 Dec |
Date Detail:
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Created Date: 2005-11-18 Completed Date: 2006-01-18 Revised Date: 2009-11-18 |
Medline Journal Info:
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Nlm Unique ID: 9602087 Medline TA: Heart Country: England |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 1563-7 Citation Subset: AIM; IM |
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Echocardiography Laboratory, Heart Institute (InCor), University of São Paulo Medical School, Sao Paulo, Brazil. jeanetsutsui@msn.com |
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Aged Anti-Arrhythmia Agents / adverse effects, diagnostic use, pharmacology* Arrhythmias, Cardiac / chemically induced Atropine / adverse effects, diagnostic use, pharmacology* Cardiotonic Agents / diagnostic use Coronary Artery Disease / diagnosis* Dobutamine / diagnostic use Echocardiography, Stress / methods Female Heart Rate / drug effects* Humans Hypertension / chemically induced Hypotension / chemically induced Male Middle Aged Retrospective Studies |
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0/Anti-Arrhythmia Agents; 0/Cardiotonic Agents; 34368-04-2/Dobutamine; 51-55-8/Atropine |
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