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- F Scotto di Uccio, S Russo, A M Romano, G Cautela, and V Scotto di Uccio.
- Servizio Autonomo di Cardiologia, Ospedale CTO, ASL Napoli 1.
- Minerva Cardioangiol. 1999 Mar 1;47(3):71-4.
AbstractThe authors report the case of a 77-year-old woman suffering from ischemic cardiopathy, arterial hypertension and NID diabetes mellitus who was hospitalised for diabetic retinopathy. Following the topical administration of a drop of phenylephrine in the right eye, in preparation for fluoroangiography, she suffered an attack of angina pectoris. This event was clearly identified by a ECG carried out at the time which highlighted the sublevelling of the ST tract in the precordial derivations V2-V5, and by ecocardiographic imaging that showed septo-apical, anterior-apical and anterior-median transient segmentary hypokinesia. This case underlines the need for prudence and emphasises the need to regard patients suffering from ischemic cardiopathy as high-risk when undergoing diagnostic tests, in particular if these involve the use of vasoactive drugs.
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