title: Nonexercise cardiac stress testing.
abstract: Many patients who require evaluation for coronary artery disease are unable to undergo exercise stress testing because of physiologic or psychological limitations. Drs Vacek and Baldwin describe three alternative methods for assessment of cardiac function in these patients, all of which have high levels of diagnostic sensitivity and specificity.
authors.affiliation: Section of Cardiovascular Diseases, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City 66103.
authors.forename: J L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Vacek
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Baldwin
mesh_terms: D002395:Catecholamines; D003326:Coronary Circulation; D003327:Coronary Disease / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D004176:Dipyridamole; D006334:Heart Function Tests; D006801:Humans; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D013794:Thallium Radioisotopes
chemical_list: D002395:Catecholamines; D013794:Thallium Radioisotopes; D004176:Dipyridamole