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Stress testing : principles and practice /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Ellestad, Myrvin H.
Other Authors: Selvester, Ronald H. Startt, Mishkin, Fred S., James, Frederick W.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2003.
Edition:Fifth edition.
Subjects:
Exercise Test > methods.
Stress, Physiological.
Table of Contents:
  • History of stress testing
  • Cardiovascular and pulmonary responses to exercise
  • Physiology of cardiac ischemia
  • Indications
  • Contraindications, risks, and safety precautions
  • Parameters to be measured
  • Stress echocardiography
  • Stress testing protocol
  • Memorial Heart Institute 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
  • Exercise testing in congestive heart failure
  • Chest pain and normal coronary arteries
  • Blood pressure measurements during exercise
  • Silent myocardial ischemia
  • Sports medicine and rehabilitation
  • Pediatric exercise testing
  • Radionuclide techniques in stress testing
  • Metabolic abnormalities and drugs
  • Computer technology and exercise testing