exercise stress echocardiography

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Indications

* left-bundle branch block acceptable for exercise stress echocardiography[3]

Advantages

  • exercise data are acquired along with imaging for wall motion abnormalities that indicate ischemia
  • entire study is complete in < 1 hour

Disadvantages

  • image quality is suboptimal in some patients but can be improved by use of echo-contrast

Notes

More general terms

References

  1. Medical Knowledge Self Assessment Program (MKSAP) 15, 18. American College of Physicians, Philadelphia 2009, 2018.
  2. Jump up to: 2.0 2.1 Harb SC et al Exercise Testing in Asymptomatic Patients After Revascularization: Are Outcomes Altered? Arch Intern Med. 2012;():1-8 <PubMed> PMID: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22905351 <Internet> http://archinte.jamanetwork.com/article.aspx?articleid=1151706
  3. Jump up to: 3.0 3.1 Geriatric Review Syllabus, 11th edition (GRS11) Harper GM, Lyons WL, Potter JF (eds) American Geriatrics Society, 2022
  4. Jump up to: 4.0 4.1 Hu H, Huang H, Li M et al. A wearable cardiac ultrasound imager. Nature 2023 Jan; 613:667. PMID: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36697864 PMCID: PMC9876798 Free PMC article https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-022-05498-z