Medscape

Stress Echo in Asymptomatic Patients After Revascularization 'Not Worth It'

May 14, 2012 (Cleveland, Ohio) — A large observational study suggests that routine, periodic stress echocardiography testing in asymptomatic patients who have undergone PCI or CABG is costly and ...
Medscape

First new guidance on stress echo in almost 10 years

Rochester, MN - New guidelines for the performance, interpretation, and application of stress echocardiography have been published in the September 2007 issue of the Journal of the American Society of ...
TCTMD

More Ischemia on Stress Echo Equals Greater Angina Benefit With PCI: ORBITA

Myocardial ischemia documented by dobutamine stress echocardiography is associated with a significant reduction in the frequency of angina among stable CAD patients undergoing PCI, according to a new ...
TCTMD

The Patient Presenting With Chest Pain: Stress Echo Gives Coronary CTA a Run for Its Money

For patients presenting to the emergency department with acute chest pain but negative biomarkers for MI, assessment with stress echocardiography is safe and associated with fewer hospitalizations and ...

Stress tests resume at Heart Foundation after 9 months

Deborah Chen, executive director at the Heart Foundation, described the machine, valued at just over US$33,000, as a well-needed one. She pointed out that the original machine used by the foundation ...