Stress imaging. Current clinical options for the diagnosis, localization, and evaluation of coronary artery disease.
As technology advances, new methods evolve. In this article, the methods of stress testing and related imaging in coronary disease are addressed, and dynamic and pharmacologic stress, direct and indirect methods, are defined and evaluated. The stress imaging methods related to the modalities of scintigraphy and ultrasound are reviewed and their advantages and disadvantages assessed in view of scientific and economic factors.
Botvinick
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EH
Department of Medicine (Cardiology), University of California, San Francisco, USA.
D003327:Coronary Disease / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000191:economics; D003362:Cost-Benefit Analysis; D004452:Echocardiography / Q000191:economics / Q000379:methods*; D005080:Exercise Test / Q000191:economics; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011379:Prognosis; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D015899:Tomography, Emission-Computed, Single-Photon / Q000191:economics / Q000379:methods*