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Evaluating left ventricular function during exercise provides more accurate diagnostic information for coronary artery disease than exercise ECG and holds great prognostic significance.
Evaluating left ventricular function during exercise provides superior diagnostic and prognostic information compared to standard exercise ECG for coronary artery disease.
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May support exercise LV assessment over ECG for CAD; leaves open need for prospective trials before practice change.
Physiological and pathological aspects of exercise left ventricular function. Med. Sci. Sports Exerc., Vol. 30, No. 10(Suppl.), pp. S379-S386, 1998. Measures of left ventricular function during exercise provide information that is more accurate than the exercise ECG in the diagnosis of coronary artery disease, supportive of the data provided by myocardial perfusion studies, and of great prognostic significance. We review basic methods for evaluating left ventricular function during exercise and responses to various types of exercise, including incremental exercise and exercise training conditions. Additionally, we review changes in both incremental exercise test responses and responses to training in various pathological conditions. Case reports are included to illustrate the utility of measuring left ventricular function during exercise.
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Foster et al. (1998) conducted a review in Coronary artery disease. Exercise left ventricular function evaluation vs. Exercise ECG was evaluated. Evaluating left ventricular function during exercise provides more accurate diagnostic information for coronary artery disease than exercise ECG and holds great prognostic significance.
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