Assessment of DNA damage associated with standard or contrast diagnostic echocardiography

Int J Cardiol. 2015 Feb 1:180:96-9. doi: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2014.11.140. Epub 2014 Nov 26.

Authors

Nicola Gaibazzi¹, Nicola Marziliano², Thomas R Porter³, Gianmarco Negri⁴, Maria Antonietta Demola⁴, Claudio Reverberi⁴, Diego Ardissino⁴

Affiliations

¹ Cardiology Department, Parma University Hospital, Parma, Italy. Electronic address: ngaibazzi@gmail.com.
² Cardiology Department, Parma University Hospital, Parma, Italy; Health Sciences Department, University of Campobasso, Campobasso Italy.
³ Section of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, USA.
⁴ Cardiology Department, Parma University Hospital, Parma, Italy.

PMID: 25438226
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2014.11.140

No abstract available

Keywords: Contrast-echocardiography; Coronary artery disease; DNA double-strand breaks; Safety; Stress-echocardiography.

Publication types

Letter
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Aged
Cardiotonic Agents / adverse effects
Coronary Artery Disease / diagnosis
Coronary Artery Disease / genetics*
Coronary Artery Disease / physiopathology
DNA Damage / drug effects*
Dobutamine / adverse effects*
Echocardiography, Stress / adverse effects*
Echocardiography, Stress / methods
Female
Humans
Male

Substances

Cardiotonic Agents
Dobutamine