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Introduction Stress echocardiography (SE) is a well-established non-invasive technique that is most often used in the assessment of coronary artery disease (CAD). A recent survey by Bhattacharyya et al . highlights important themes that

Introduction Percutaneous coronary intervention with TAXUS and cardiac surgery known as SYNTAX score (SS) is an angiographic tool used to determine the severity of coronary artery disease (CAD) in patients undergoing coronary angiography. Two

Introduction Noninvasive identification of patients with coronary artery disease (CAD) remains a clinical challenge despite the widespread use, and possible overuse, of imaging and provocative testing; more than 50% of patients currently

no published data on PLSEs. We sought to assess the feasibility, safety and robustness of PLSE for exercise and dobutamine stress echocardiography in the assessment of coronary artery disease (CAD) in real-life practice, and compare these measures

recommended by the National Institute of Clinical Excellence (NICE) as the initial investigation for patients presenting with suspected coronary artery disease (CAD) and an intermediate pre-test probability (PTP). As a result, functional imaging modalities

Introduction Suspected symptomatic coronary artery disease (CAD) is a common reason for referral to an emergency department (ED) or outpatient clinic ( 1 ). Although standardized clinical risk scores utilizing EKG and biomarker data are

typical or atypical angina symptoms be referred for further investigation, in the form of functional imaging and/or coronary angiography (1) . Based on research by Pryor et al . (2) , an estimated risk of coronary artery disease (CAD) is determined

Mayet J Nihoyannopoulos P. Stress echocardiography for the diagnosis and risk stratification of patients with suspected or known coronary artery disease: a critical appraisal. Supported by the British Society of Echocardiography . Heart 2005 91

Introduction Introduced in the 1970s (1) , stress echocardiography (SE) is presently a main diagnostic functional test for individuals with known or suspected coronary artery disease (CAD) (2) , (3) . It is defined as the conjoint use of 2D

Introduction Stress echocardiography was initially employed as a non-invasive means of assessing patients with suspected coronary artery disease (CAD) by comparing regional and global left ventricular systolic function at rest and on stress