Clinical Significance of Dynamic Left Ventricular Outflow Tract Obstruction During Dobutamine Stress Echocardiography in Women With Suspected Coronary Artery Disease

• Published in: Circulation Journal Vol. 79; no. 10; pp. 2255 - 2262
• Main Authors: Park, Seong-Mi, Kim, Mi-Na, Kim, Su-A, Kim, Yong-Hyun, Kim, Myeong Gun, Shin, Mi-Seung, Shim, Wan-Joo
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Japan The Japanese Circulation Society 2015
• Subjects: Aged; Asian Continental Ancestry Group; Chest Pain - diagnostic imaging; Chest Pain - physiopathology; Coronary Artery Disease - diagnostic imaging; Coronary Artery Disease - physiopathology; Diastolic function; Dobutamine stress; Echocardiography, Stress; Exercise; Female; Humans; Left ventricular outflow tract obstruction; Middle Aged; Registries; Republic of Korea; Ventricular Dysfunction, Left - diagnostic imaging; Ventricular Dysfunction, Left - physiopathology; Ventricular Outflow Obstruction - diagnostic imaging; Ventricular Outflow Obstruction - physiopathology; Ventricular Remodeling; Woman

Background:Although dobutamine stress echocardiography (DSE) is frequently associated with dynamic left ventricular outflow tract obstruction (DLVOTO), little is known about its clinical significance in women with suspected coronary artery disease (CAD).Methods and Results:One hundred and two female...