Quantitative Techniques for Stress Echocardiography: Dream or Reality?
Key result
Quantitative approaches for stress echocardiography are not yet in widespread clinical use, but several alternative techniques are feasible and warrant further study to overcome subjective assessment.
Comparison
Quantitative techniques for stress… vs Qualitative interpretation
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Review
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Implication
Quantitative stress echo methods remain investigational; leaves open their ability to reduce subjectivity pending prospective trials.
Structured PICO
I
Intervention
Quantitative techniques for stress echocardiography
C
Comparator
Qualitative interpretation
Quantitative approaches to stress echocardiography may overcome the limitations of subjective qualitative interpretation, though they are not yet in widespread clinical use.
Cite This Study
Thomas H. Marwick (2002) conducted a review in Stress echocardiography assessment. Quantitative techniques for stress echocardiography vs. Qualitative interpretation was evaluated. Quantitative approaches for stress echocardiography are not yet in widespread clinical use, but several alternative techniques are feasible and warrant further study to overcome subjective assessment.