Stress testing
Subtitle: principles and practice
By: [compiled by] Myrvin H. Ellestad ; with contributions by Ronald H. Startt Selvester, Fred S. Mishkin, Frederick W. James.
Contributors: Ellestad, Myrvin H., 1921-
Edition: 5th ed.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2003
Place of publication: Oxford; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 546
Subjects: Exercise Test -- methods; Stress
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Ch. 1. History of stress testing; title: Ch. 2. Cardiovascular and pulmonary responses to exercise; title: Ch. 3. Physiology of cardiac ischemia; title: Ch. 4. Indications; title: Ch. 5. Contraindications, risks, and safety precautions; title: Ch. 6. Parameters to be measured; title: Ch. 7. Stress echocardiography; title: Ch. 8. Stress testing protocol; title: Ch. 9. Memorial Heart Institute protocol; title: Ch. 10. Stress testing after myocardial infarction; title: Ch. 11. Stress testing after surgical intervention and coronary angioplasty; title: Ch. 12. ECG patterns and their significance; title: Ch. 13. Rhythm and conduction disturbances in stress testing; title: Ch. 14. Predictive implications; title: Ch. 15. Stress testing in women; title: Ch. 16. Exercise testing in congestive heart failure; title: Ch. 17. Chest pain and normal coronary arteries; title: Ch. 18. Blood pressure measurements during exercise; title: Ch. 19. Silent myocardial ischemia; title: Ch. 20. Sports medicine and rehabilitation; title: Ch. 21. Pediatric exercise testing; title: Ch. 22. Radionuclide techniques in stress testing; title: Ch. 23. Metabolic abnormalities and drugs; title: Ch. 24. Computer technology and exercise testing.