Choosing the appropriate stress modality. A clinical cardiologist's perspective.
The principle application of stress testing is the detection of myocardial ischemia in patients suspected of having coronary artery disease. Stress testing is also used to assess physical exercise capacity in normal controls and patients with various types of heart disease, such as cardiomyopathy and valvular disease. The various choices of stress modalities are discussed in this article.
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Division of Cardiology, University of New Mexico School of Medicine, Albuquerque, USA.
D004452:Echocardiography / Q000379:methods; D004562:Electrocardiography / Q000379:methods; D005080:Exercise Test; D006801:Humans; D017202:Myocardial Ischemia / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000503:physiopathology; D015635:Radionuclide Ventriculography / Q000379:methods