Why the study?
Does stress echocardiography accurately diagnose coronary artery disease and determine perioperative cardiac risks compared to other noninvasive methods?
Population
Patients evaluated for coronary artery disease or undergoing vascular surgery
Comparison
Stress echocardiography vs Exercise electrocardiography and radionuclide…
Design
Review
Authors
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May support stress echocardiography in CAD evaluation; leaves open its perioperative risk role pending prospective data.
Does stress echocardiography accurately diagnose coronary artery disease and determine perioperative cardiac risks compared to other noninvasive methods?
Stress echocardiography is a highly sensitive and specific noninvasive tool for diagnosing coronary artery disease and assessing perioperative risk.
Aldrich et al. (1993) studied this question.
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