Cardiac Outcomes With Submaximal Normal Stress Echocardiography

Cardiac outcomes with submaximal normal stress echocardiography: a meta-analysis.

OBJECTIVES The aim of the study was to evaluate the risk of cardiac events in patients with normal stress echocardiography (SE) who attained maximal age-predicted heart rate (APHR) compared with those who did not in the setting of both normal and abnormal SE. BACKGROUND SE is an important tool in the risk stratification and prognosis of patients with known or suspected coronary artery disease...

Stress echocardiography testing: is submaximal good enough?

Stress Echocardiography and Major Cardiac Events in Patients with Normal Exercise Test

BACKGROUND Exercise test (ET) is the preferred initial noninvasive test for the diagnosis and risk stratification of coronary artery disease (CAD), however, its lower sensitivity may fail to identify patients at greater risk of adverse events. OBJECTIVE To assess the value of stress echocardiography (SE) for predicting all-cause mortality and major cardiac events (MACE) in patients with inter...

Comparison of Fetal Echocardiography for Fetal Cardiac Structure in Women with Gestational Diabetes Mellitus and Normal Pregnancies

BackgroundIncreased metabolic rate of hyperglycemia in gestational diabetes causes macrosomia, which can also affect the fetal heart. The thickness of the walls of the heart and its function in women with gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) can change over time before treatment. We aimed to evaluate fetal cardiac structure in terms of ventricular wall thickness and its function in women w...

Study of Cardiac Parameters by Pulsed Wave Doppler Echocardiography in Normal Healthy Markhoz Goat

Objective- The aim of this study was to test the repeatability, the variability, and to establish the reference values of PW measurements in healthy Markhoz goats.Design- Retrospective study.Animals- 20 female Markhoz goats.Procedure- Using a standardized PW Doppler echocardiographic protocol, 20healthy adult unsedated female Markhoz goats were investigated three times at one-...