Definity, echo contrast, induced cardiac arrest: brief review of the literature.
Tanveer Ahmad MirMohammed M UddinKayleigh WatsonEliezer Bar MeirAlward AbdoPublished in: BMJ case reports (2021)
Definity is a contrast media used to enhance the endocardium during echocardiography. Cardiac arrest as an adverse reaction to Definity is still a debate. We are presenting a rare case of a 69-year-old male patient who developed cardiopulmonary arrest immediately after Definity injection during resting echocardiography.
Keyphrases
- cardiac arrest
- rare case
- magnetic resonance
- cardiopulmonary resuscitation
- contrast enhanced
- left ventricular
- computed tomography
- case report
- pulmonary hypertension
- heart rate
- high glucose
- diabetic rats
- diffusion weighted
- magnetic resonance imaging
- heart rate variability
- cell cycle
- diffusion weighted imaging
- oxidative stress
- emergency department
- heart failure
- atrial fibrillation