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Echocardiographic Signs of Ischemia

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Stress Echocardiography

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The response of left ventricular function to ischemia is monotonous and independent of the employed stress [1]. The same echocardiographic signs can be found in transient ischemia and acute infarction. The difference is in the time sequence, and from an echocardiographic viewpoint myocardial ischemia is a “reversible” myocardial infarction.

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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). Echocardiographic Signs of Ischemia. In: Stress Echocardiography. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-05096-5_5

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