Engelsk titel: Stress echocardiography with semi-supine bicycle
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Författare:
Skulstad, Helge
;
Aakhus, Svend
Email: helsku@ous-hf.no
Språk: Nor
Antal referenser: 38
Dokumenttyp:
Översikt
UI-nummer: 12107543
Sammanfattning
Background: Stress-related symptoms are often the reason that patients with cardiac disease are referred for echocardiographic assessment. We present a method for echocardiographic assessment with concurrent physiological stress where the patient is tested on a bicycle bench in a semi-supine position.
Material and method: The paper is based on a literature search of PubMed and own experience of the method.
Results: Ergometric stress echocardiography can be used for a number of cardiac conditions where an assessment of cardiac and haemodynamic response to physiological stress is wanted. Evaluation and follow-up of patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, coarctation/recoarctation, mitral and aortic valve disorders have hitherto been the most important groups. The method can also provide important information about pulmonary hypertension and congenital heart defects.
Interpretation: Ergometric stress echocardiography is a non-invasive method with little risk. It is a test that is relatively simple to conduct, and an important supplement to invasive methods.