Left ventricular wall motion improvement after phentolamine: a case report.

Left ventricular wall motion abnormalities are commonly seen in coronary artery disease patients. The differentiation between reversibly ischemic areas an irreversibly damaged areas is 1 was of predicting which patient might gain improved ventricular function from surgical correction. One patient with coronary artery disease is presented here who showed poor septal movement on his echocardiogram. After the IV administration of phentolamine, the septal movement became normal. Thus, phentolamine should be considered as an agent that can detect reversible areas of wall motion abnormalities.