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Stress testing : principles and practice /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Ellestad, Myrvin H., 1921-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Philadelphia : F.A. Davis, [1996]
Edition:Edition 4.
Subjects:
Exercise Test.
Stress, Physiological.
Table of Contents:
  • History of stress testing
  • Cardiovascular and pulmonary responses to exercise
  • Extracardiac effects of exercise
  • Physiology of cardiac ischemia
  • Indications
  • Contraindications, risks, and safety precautions
  • Parameters to be measured
  • Stress testing protocol
  • Memorial hospital protocol
  • Stress testing after myocardial infarction
  • Stress testing after surgical intervention and coronary angioplasty
  • ECG patterns and their significance
  • Rhythm and conduction disturbances in stress testing
  • Predictive implications
  • Stress testing in women
  • Chest pain and normal coronary arteries
  • Blood pressure measurements during exercise
  • Ischemia in asymptomatic subjects.
  • Sports medicine and rehabilitation
  • Pediatric exercise testing
  • Radionuclide techniques in stress testing
  • Metabolic abonormalities and drugs
  • Computer technology and exercise testing
  • Appendices: Blood pressure graphs
  • Consent form
  • Electrode positions
  • Heart rate graphs
  • Standard exercise for the master's test
  • Workload nomogram.