Infarto agudo de miocardio durante el tratamiento tocolítico con ritodrine

Summary Ritodrine, a β 2-adrenergic agonist with a selective effect on the uterine muscle, is prescribed to prevent premature labor and to treat a hypertonic uterus. At therapeutic doses ritodrine has chronotropic and peri- pheral vasodilator effects. At high doses it has been re- lated to sporadic cases of subendocardial necrosis, pul- monary edema, and death in pregnancy. We report