Universidad del Desarrollo View Institution's Website 1 article published in JoVE Medicine Cardiac Stress Test Induced by Dobutamine and Monitored by Cardiac Catheterization in Mice Sebastián Dante Calligaris1, Micaela Ricca1, Paulette Conget1 1Instituto de Ciencias, Facultad de Medicina, Clínica Alemana Universidad del Desarrollo We describe the protocol to perform a cardiac stress test induced by dobutamine and monitored by cardiac catheterization in normal mice. Also we show its application to unmask subclinical cardiac disease in high fat diet-induced obese mice.