Key result
Stress echocardiography aids in the evaluation, risk stratification, and management of valvular heart disease by revealing exercise-induced changes in disease severity and ventricular function.
Why the study?
Does stress echocardiography aid in the evaluation, risk stratification, and clinical decision making in patients with valvular heart disease?
Does stress echocardiography aid in the evaluation, risk stratification, and clinical decision making in patients with valvular heart disease?
Stress echocardiography provides important diagnostic and prognostic information beyond resting parameters for the management of valvular heart disease.
May aid valvular heart disease decisions beyond rest; extends observational data but leaves open need for RCTs.
Stress echocardiography is increasingly used in the management of patients with valvular heart disease and can aid in evaluation, risk stratification and clinical decision making in these patients. Evaluation of symptoms, exercise capacity and changes in blood pressure can be done during the exercise portion of the test, whereas echocardiographic portion can reveal changes in severity of disease, pulmonary artery pressure and left ventricular function in response to exercise. These parameters, which are not available at rest, can have diagnostic and prognostic importance. In this article, we will review the indications and diagnostic implications, prognostic implications, and clinical impact of stress echocardiography in decision making and management of patients with valvular heart disease.
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Naji et al. (2015) conducted a review in Valvular heart disease. Stress echocardiography was evaluated. Stress echocardiography aids in the evaluation, risk stratification, and management of valvular heart disease by revealing exercise-induced changes in disease severity and ventricular function.
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