Stress echocardiography has a high diagnostic accuracy for the detection of coronary disease. It is as effective as myocardial perfusion imaging for the stratification of risk in patients with coronary disease and can detect myocardial hibernation after myocardial infarction or in heart failure.
Stress echocardiography – current status
March 2007Br J Cardiol 2007;14:90-7 Leave a commentClick any image to enlarge