Stress Echocardiography: A Review of the Principles and Practice.
Stress echocardiography, both pharmacologic and physiological, is an established noninvasive diagnostic method of detecting coronary artery disease. It also has a role in the assessment of patients with chest pain, the assessment of cardiovascular risk before noncardiac surgery, the assessment of patients after a myocardial infarction, the detection of viability in dysfunctional myocardium, and the prediction of functional recovery. The prognostic value of stress echocardiography is emerging. In this article, we discuss the methodology, diagnostic accuracy, and various clinical applications of stress echocardiography. We also review its limitations and compared it with other noninvasive methods of assessing patients with coronary artery disease.
Sebastian
Cherian
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Professor of Medicine, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, 920 SL Young, 5SP-300, Oklahoma City, OK 73190.
Patel
Janmejay J.
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Sadaniantz
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Nesser
H. Joachim
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Currie
Philip J.
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Nanda
Navin C.
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Chandrasekaran
Krishnaswamy
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