exercise echocardiography

Cardiology A technique in which an echocardiogram is performed near the time that the subject exercises on a treadmill, ramp, bicycle or other device. See Bruce protocol, Cornell protocol.

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Comparison of exercise echocardiography with an exercise score to diagnose coronary artery disease in women.

POSITIVE PREDICTIVE VALUE OF EXERCISE TOLERANCE TEST IN PATIENTS; TAKING ANGIOGRAPHIC FINDINGS AS GOLD STANDARD

Assessment of diastolic function during exercise echocardiography: annulus mitral velocity or transmitral flow pattern?

STUDY ON EXERCISE TOLERANCE AND POST EXERCISE DIASTOLIC FILLING PATTERN IN PATIENTS WITH RESTING GRADE 1 DIASTOLIC DYSFUNCTION

This study examined the association between physical fitness assessed by exercise echocardiography and death due to cancer.

France : Heart disease patients less likely to die of cancer if they are fit

Exercise echocardiography is an accurate and cost-efficient technique for detection of coronary artery disease in women.

STRESS TESTING IS AN IMPORTANT DIAGNOSTIC TOOL IN DETECTING CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE

Gordon et al., "Long-term prognostic value of exercise echocardiography compared with exercise 201 Tl, ECG, and clinical variables in patients evaluated for coronary artery disease," Circulation, vol.

Prognostic value of normal stress echocardiography in obese patients

Exercise echocardiography is usually preferred over pharmacological stress because it provides information about exertional symptoms and blood pressure response (6).

Value of stress echocardiography in mitral stenosis/Mitral darliginin degerlendirilmesinde stres ekokardiyografinin degeri

"Repeat coronary revascularization did not improve outcomes in asymptomatic patients with high-risk exercise echocardiography findings after an initial revascularization procedure," according to a study published online in Archives of Internal Medicine.

Stress echo after revascularization may not improve outcomes

This indicates that standard exercise testing rather than exercise echocardiography might be sufficient for risk evaluation.

Stress echo: no benefit for asymptomatic post-PCI, CABG

reported that the sensitivity and specificity of exercise echocardiography were 85% and 88%, respectively, which was similar to exercise thallium (85% and 81%, respectively).

Cardiac CT, MR, SPECT, ECHO, and PET: What test, when?

Pre-and post exercise echocardiography in horses performing treadmill exercise in cool and hot/humid conditions.

Echocardiography in Arabian horses after endurance exercise of different intensities/Ecocardiografia de equinos Puro Sangue Arabe apos exercicio de enduro de diferentes intensidades

Prognostic value of exercise echocardiography in patients with diabetes mellitus and known or suspected coronary artery disease.

Ecocardiograma de estres

Overall sensitivity for exercise echocardiography was about 85% and for dobutamine stress echocardiography 82%.

Stress tests: how to make a calculated choice: spare your patients unnecessary stress testing by determining their pretest probability for CAD