title: Clinical applications of exercise stress echocardiography in the treadmill with upright evaluation during and after exercise.
abstract: Exercise stress echocardiography is the most frequently used stress test in our laboratory. Exercise echocardiography is used mainly in the study of patients with coronary artery disease. However, the technique is increasingly being used to study other diseases. In our centre, we use an original methodology, published by us in 2000, in which we evaluate heart function during exercise in the treadmill. After the exercise, patients are maintained in orthostatic position when appropriate or lying down in left lateral decubitus for further evaluation. Since this method seems to increase the quality and the quantity of information obtained in so many clinical arenas, we now present a detailed review of this methodology and its applications.
authors.affiliation: Cardiology Department, Garcia de Orta Hospital, Almada, Portugal. carlosadcotrim@hotmail.com
authors.forename: Carlos
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Cotrim
authors.forename: Isabel
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: João
authors.forename: Paula
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Fazendas
authors.forename: Ana R
authors.initials: AR
authors.lastname: Almeida
authors.forename: Luís
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Lopes
authors.forename: Bruno
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Stuart
authors.forename: Inês
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Cruz
authors.forename: Daniel
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Caldeira
authors.forename: Maria José
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Loureiro
authors.forename: Gonçalo
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Morgado
authors.forename: Hélder
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Pereira
mesh_terms: D004452:Echocardiography / Q000379:methods*; D005080:Exercise Test / Q000379:methods*; D006331:Heart Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D007089:Image Enhancement / Q000379:methods*; D056888:Patient Positioning / Q000379:methods*; D016684:Prone Position