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W. F. ARMSTRONG While stress echocardiography is not the first technique to be applied to patients for the diagnosis of coronary artery disease, it represents an impor­ tant clinical tool, likely to become of increasing pertinence in today's era of cost containment and mandated cost-effectiveness of diagnosis. It may be the most rapidly expanding area of clinical echocardiography today. Stress echocardiography as we know it today represents the natural con­ clusion and merger of observations made over fifty years ago. In 1935 Tenn­ ant and Wiggers demonstrated that the immediate result of a coronary oc­ clusion, was an instantaneous abnormality of wall motion [1]. As viewed from the surface of the heart in an open chest dog preparation, cyanosis and obvious paradoxical bulging of the left ventricular wall was noted. At a similar time Masters and co-workers, using fairly rudimentary exercise de­ vices, described the response of the human cardiovascular system to sustained exercise (Figure 1) [2]. These two observations diverged for four decades while clinical investigation was pursued along the two parallel lines.

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Author:   Thomas H. Marwick
Publisher:   Springer
Imprint:   Springer
Edition:   Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1994
Volume:   149
Dimensions:   Width: 16.00cm , Height: 1.10cm , Length: 24.00cm
Weight:   0.335kg
ISBN:  

9789401043359

ISBN 10:   9401043353
Pages:   182
Publication Date:   20 October 2012
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

1. Basic Considerations in the Pathophysiology and Detection of Ischemic Left Ventricular Dysfunction.- 2. How to Perform Stress Echocardiography — Practical Aspects.- 3. Exercise Echocardiography.- Stress Echocardiography Using Exercise-Simulating Techniques.- 5. Stress Echocardiography with Vasoactive Agents.- 6. Comparison of Exercise and Pharmacologic Stress Echocardiography and Electrocardiography.- 7. Comparison of Stress Echocardiography and Scintigraphic Techniques for the Diagnosis of Coronary Artery Disease.- 8. Use of Stress Echocardiography for Assessment of Interventions and Medical Treatments.- 9. Prognostic Value of Stress Echocardiography.- 10. Echocardiographic Determination of Myocardial Viability.

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