Stress Testing Principles and Practice

by Ellestad, Myrvin H.

• ISBN13: 9780195159288
• ISBN10: 0195159284
• eBook ISBN(s): 9780190225506, 9780190289386
• Additional ISBN(s): 9780803600553
• Edition: 5th
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2003-03-20
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
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Summary

Overall, Stress Testing, Fifth Edition, remains an essential resource for cardiologists and exercise physiologists.

Author Biography

Myrvin H. Ellestad is the Director of Research at the Memorial Heart Institute, Long Beach, Memorial Medical Center; and Clinical Professor of Medicine at the University of California Irvine School of Medicine.

Table of Contents

Contributors	p. xi
History of Stress Testing	p. 1
Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Responses to Exercise	p. 11
Physiology of Cardiac Ischemia	p. 43
Indications	p. 77
Contraindications, Risks, and Safety Precautions	p. 85
Parameters to Be Measured	p. 103
Stress Echocardiography	p. 127
Stress Testing Protocol	p. 135
Memorial Heart Institute Protocol	p. 157
Stress Testing After Myocardial Infarction	p. 169
Stress Testing After Surgical Intervention and Coronary Angioplasty	p. 179
ECG Patterns and Their Significance	p. 189
Rhythm and Conduction Disturbances in Stress Testing	p. 241
Predictive Implications	p. 271
Stress Testing in Women	p. 309
Exercise Testing in Congestive Heart Failure	p. 319
Chest Pain and Normal Coronary Arteries	p. 327
Blood Pressure Measurements During Exercise	p. 335
Silent Myocardial Ischemia	p. 353
Sports Medicine and Rehabilitation	p. 367
Pediatric Exercise Testing	p. 381
Radionuclide Techniques in Stress Testing	p. 413
Metabolic Abnormalities and Drugs	p. 481
Computer Technology and Exercise Testing	p. 513
Index	p. 535
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