Abstract
Stress echocardiography stems from three lines of evidence placed at three different levels: biochemical, pathophysiological, and clinical. The pathophysiological hallmark of stress echocardiography positivity is myocardial ischemia: when stress echo is positive, myocardial ischemia is present.
Ischemia is a reduction in myocardial blood flow sufficient to cause a decrease in myocardial contraction.
John Ross Jr [1]
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Picano, E. (2003). Rational Basis of Stress Echocardiography. In: Stress Echocardiography. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-05096-5_4
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