Dobutamine Stress Echocardiography

Some heart problems — particularly those involving the coronary arteries that feed your heart muscle — occur only during exercise. For a stress echocardiogram, ultrasound images of your heart are taken before and immediately after walking on a treadmill or riding a stationary bike. If you’re unable to exercise, a medicine like DOBUTAMINE can be injected into your bloodstream to make your heart work as hard as if you were exercising.