| The changing paradigm of stress echocardiography: risk stratification, prognosis, and future directions. | |
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PMID: 20499770 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
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The use of stress echocardiography has undergone considerable evolution in the past 3 decades. Although stress echocardiography was first introduced as a noninvasive diagnostic tool for determining the presence or absence of coronary artery disease (CAD), it later served a prognostic role as well. The importance of stress echocardiography in risk stratification and prognosis is substantially undervalued by clinicians. The identification of patients at risk for future cardiac events has become a primary objective in noninvasive evaluation of patients with suspected or known CAD. In particular, the ability of stress echocardiography to identify patients at low (< 1%), intermediate (1%-5%), or high (> 5%) risk for future cardiac events is essential to decision making in patient management. Moreover, previous studies have conclusively demonstrated the incremental prognostic value of stress echocardiography over clinical and treadmill exercise data in predicting future cardiac events. This article presents a primarily single-center experience of retrospective and observational studies that address the current role of stress echocardiography and summarize its use for risk stratification, prognosis, and determining clinical outcomes, as well as cost-effective integration of such information in patient management decision making. |
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Authors:
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Siu-Sun Yao; Catherine Weinberg; Sripal Bangalore; Farooq A Chaudhry |
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Type: Journal Article |
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Title: Hospital practice (1995) Volume: 38 ISSN: 2154-8331 ISO Abbreviation: Hosp Pract (1995) Publication Date: 2010 Jun |
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Created Date: 2010-05-26 Completed Date: 2010-08-04 Revised Date: 2013-04-10 |
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Nlm Unique ID: 101268948 Medline TA: Hosp Pract (1995) Country: United States |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 26-39 Citation Subset: AIM; IM |
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Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital Center, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, NY 10025, USA. |
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Aged Atrial Function, Left / physiology Coronary Artery Disease / diagnosis, ultrasonography Cost-Benefit Analysis Echocardiography / trends* Exercise Test* Female Humans Male Middle Aged Myocardial Infarction / diagnosis, ultrasonography Observation Physical Exertion / physiology* Prognosis Retrospective Studies Risk Assessment / methods Treatment Outcome Ventricular Dysfunction, Right / diagnosis, ultrasonography |
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