Stress Echocardiography

Front Matter....Pages I-XII
Stress Echocardiography: a Historical Perspective....Pages 1-10
Anatomic and Functional Targets of Stress Testing....Pages 11-19
Symptoms and Signs of Myocardial Ischemia....Pages 20-31
Rational Basis of Stress Echocardiography....Pages 32-41
Echocardiographic Signs of Ischemia....Pages 42-60
Segmentation of the Left Ventricle....Pages 61-66
Pathogenetic Mechanisms of Stresses....Pages 67-80
Stress Echocardiography: Instructions for Use....Pages 81-97
Grading of Ischemic Response in Stress Echocardiography....Pages 98-109
The Diagnostic Results and Indications of Stress Echocardiography....Pages 110-122
Quantitative Analysis of Wall Motion....Pages 123-127
Echocardiographic Assessment of Myocardial Viability....Pages 128-143
Stress-Echocentric Diagnostic Algorithms....Pages 144-148
Stress Echocardiography and Prognosis....Pages 149-163
Stress Echocardiography: Back to the Future....Pages 164-175
Stress Echocardiography in the Clinical Arena: Child of a Lesser God?....Pages 176-185
Stress Echocardiography and the Ulysses Syndrome....Pages 186-195
Minima Memorabilia: Stolen Jewels of Stress Echocardiography....Pages 196-198