Stress Echocardiography Audit: Experience of a Tertiary Care Center

Background: Stress echocardiography is a very useful diagnostic and prognostic test in the evaluation of significant coronary artery disease (CAD) causing inducible myocardial ischemia. Stress echocardiography has higher sensitivity and specificity as compared to exercise stress electrocardiography,...

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Published in:Journal of The Indian Academy of Echocardiography & Cardiovascular Imaging 2021-09, Vol.5 (3), p.183-189
Main Authors: Harin Kamleshbhai Vyas, Mitul Abhaykumar Shah, Neha Vijay More
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
diagnostic accuracy
dobutamine stress echocardiography
echocardiography contrast
exercise stress echocardiography
inducible reversible ischemia
stress echocardiography
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Summary:Background: Stress echocardiography is a very useful diagnostic and prognostic test in the evaluation of significant coronary artery disease (CAD) causing inducible myocardial ischemia. Stress echocardiography has higher sensitivity and specificity as compared to exercise stress electrocardiography, and therefore, the guidelines recommend opting for the former modality over the latter. There are data suggesting that the incidence of major cardiac events is
ISSN:2543-1463
2543-1471
DOI:10.4103/jiae.jiae_63_20