Publication details

Myocardial injury in stress echocardiography: Comparison of dobutamine, dipyridamole and dynamic stressors-single center study

Authors

MEDILEK Karel ZALOUDKOVA Lenka BORG Alexander KUBÍNOVÁ Lucie STASEK Josef

Year of publication 2022
Type Article in Periodical
Magazine / Source Echocardiography - A Journal of Cardiovascular Ultrasound and Allied Techniques
MU Faculty or unit

Faculty of Medicine

Citation
Web https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/echo.15411
Doi http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/echo.15411
Keywords negative stress echocardiography; myocardial injury; hsTnT
Description Objectives: In stress echocardiography (SE), dipyridamole (DIP) and dynamic stress (ExSE) are reported as being safer than dobutamine stress echocardiography (DSE). We investigated whether these commonly used stressors cause myocardial injury, measured by high sensitivity troponin T (hsTnT). Methods: One hundred and thirty five patients (DSE n = 46, ExsE n = 46, DIP n = 43) with negative result of SE were studied. The exclusion criteria were known ischaemic heart disease (IHD), baseline wall motion abnormalities, left ventricle systolic dysfunction/regional wall motion abnormalities, septum/posterior wall >= 13 mm, diabetes/pre-diabetes, baseline hsTnT level >= 14 ng/L, baseline blood pressure >= 160/100 mmHg, peak pulmonary pressure >= 45mmHg, eGFR <1ml/s/1.73m(2), more than mild to moderate valvular disease and dobutamine side effects. HsTnT was measured before and 180 minutes after the test. Results: All patients had low pre-test probabilities of having obstructive IHD. HsTnT increased in DSE, less so in ExSE, and was unchanged in the DIP group (Delta hsTnT 9.4 [1.5-58.6], 1.1 [-0.9-15.7], -0.1 [-1.4-2.1] ng/L, respectively, p<0.001). In DSE, the Delta hsTnT was associated with peak dobutamine dose (r = 0.30, p = 0.045), test length (r = 0.43, p = 0.003) and atropine use (p<0.001). In ExSE, the hsTnT increase was more likely in females (p = 0.012) and the elderly (>65 years) (r = 0.32, p = 0.03); no association was found between atropine use (p = 0.786) or test length and AhsTnT (r = 0.10, p = 0.530). Conclusions: DSE is associated with myocardial injury in patients with negative SE, no injury was observed in DIP and only mild case in ExSE. Whether myocardial injury is causative of the higher reported adverse event rates in DSE remains to be determined.

You are running an old browser version. We recommend updating your browser to its latest version.

More info