Ellestad's Stress Testing

Preface List of Contributors

Introduction 1. History of Exercise Testing 2. Physiology of Cardiac Ischemia

Practical Considerations in Stress Testing 3. When to Use Exercise Testing - Indications, Guidelines and Appropriate Use Criteria 4. Contraindications, Risks, and Safety Precautions for Stress Testing 5. Parameters to be Measured During Exercise 6. Blood Pressure Measurement During Exercise 7. Stress Testing Protocols 8. The Ellestad Protocol 9. Interpretation of the ECG During Stress Testing 10. Rhythm and Conduction Disturbances in Stress Testing 11. Predicting Prognosis with the Exercise Test: Putting It All Together 12. Non-physician Supervision of Stress Testing 13. Optimizing Stress Testing in a Limited Financial Resource Environment

Role of Cardiac Imaging in Stress Testing 14. Making Clinical Decisions Based on Exercise Testing 15. Nuclear Cardiology 16. Stress Echocardiography 17. Stress Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Imaging 18. Stress X-Ray Computed Tomography 19. Combining Calcium Scanning and Treadmill Exercise: The "Treadmill Calcium Test"

Physiologic and Metabolic Considerations 20. Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Responses to Exercise 21. Cardiopulmonary Exercise Testing 22. Heart Rate Response to Exercise 23. Metabolic Abnormalities and Drugs

Stress Testing in Specific Populations 24. Stress Testing in Women 25. Stress Testing of Athletes and Those in High Risk Occupations 26. Sports Medicine and Cardiac Rehabilitation for Coronary and Peripheral Artery Disease 27. Stress Testing in Children

The Future of Stress Testing 28. The Impact of Changing Global Atherosclerosis Patterns on Stress Testing 29. Perspectives on the Future of Stress Testing

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