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Exercise Echocardiography

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Abstract

Many tests have been proposed in combination with echocardiography; only a few have a role in clinical practice. For the diagnosis of organic coronary artery disease, exercise remains the paradigm of all stress tests and the first which was combined with stress echocardiography. In the early 1970s, M-mode recordings of the left ventricle were used in normal subjects [1] and in patients with coronary artery disease [2]. Subsequently, 2-D echocardiography was used to document ischemic regional wall motion abnormality during exercise [3].

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  1. Institute of Clinical Physiology, National Research Council, Via Moruzzi, 1, 56124, Pisa, Italy

    Eugenio Picano MD, PhD, FESC (Senior Medical Researcher of Italian National Research Council, Director, Echocardiography and Stress Testing Lab Institute of Clinical Physiology, Pisa, Scientific Director Cardiology, Clinica Cardiologica Montevergine, Mercogliano, Avellino, Editor-in-Chief Biomed Central Netjournal Cardiovascular Ultrasound)

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Picano, E. (2003). Exercise Echocardiography. In: Stress Echocardiography. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-05096-5_10

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