Cardiac Stress Testing and Imaging

PART 1 DIAGNOSTIC TESTING: Role of Routine Exercise Electrocardiographic Testing. Principles and Methods of Myocardial Perfusion Imaging. Left Ventricular Functional Response to Stress for the Diagnosis of CAD. Selection of Myocardial Perfusion or Function for the Diagnosis of CAD. Cost Analysis of Noninvasive Testing. Screening for CAD. Diagnosis of CAD in Women: Multivariate Approaches to Stress Testing. Stress Echocardiography for the Diagnosis of CAD in Women. Perfusion Imaging for the Diagnosis and Risk Assessment of CAD in Women. Diagnosis of CAD in the Presence of Left Ventricular Hypertrophy. Noninvasive Diagnosis of CAD in Patients with End-Stage Renal Disease. Diagnosis of CAD in Patients with Left Bundle Branch Block. Pharmacologic Stress Testing PART 2 KNOWN CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE: Can Coronary Angiography Provide Functional Data?. Coronary Pressure Measurements in Evaluation of Coronary Stenoses. Intravascular Ultrasound and Coronary Doppler Flow Measurements. Functional Testing in Patients with Previous Coronary Interventions. Stress Echocardiography Before and After Interventional Therapy. Perfusion Markers After Coronary Interventions. Optimal SPECT Technique for Assessing Myocardial Viability. Assessment of Myocardial Viability Using Positron Emission Tomography. Choice of Technique for the Assessment of Myocardial Viability. Echocardiographic Techniques for the Assessment of Myocardial Viability PART 3 PROGNOSTIC EVALUATION: Role of Functional Testing for Prognostic Evaluation. Routine Exercise Electrocardiographic Testing for Prognostic Evaluation. Implications of Stress-Induced LV Dysfunction on Risk Stratification. Prognostic Evaluation of CAD Patients Using Perfusion Imaging. Prognostic Evaluation of CAD Patients Using Positron Emission Tomography. Clinical Evaluation of Cardiac Risk Before Major Noncardiac Surgery. Myocardial Perfusion Imaging in the Pre-Operative Evaluation of Vascular Patients. Pharmacologic Stress Echocardiography for Risk Stratification Prior to Vascular Surgery. Flow Maldistribution Versus Malfunction in Clinical Decision Making