Radiology & Diagnostic Imaging, Orthopedics, Sports Health & Medicine, Cardiology, Diagnosis, Vascular Medicine
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Overview
A clinician's guide for developing the optimal, most cost-effective strategies for diagnosing patients with suspected coronary heart disease. The book emphasizes stress testing combined with imaging, a key approach in patient evaluation.
The book contains predominantly black-and-white illustrations, with some color illustrations.
Editorials
Booknews
Thirty-two comparative reviews surveying the current literature on alternative methods of stress testing available to cardiologist and internists. The contributors deal with diagnostic testing, testing in the evaluation of patients with known coronary artery disease, and prognostic evaluations. Within these broad subject categories, specific discussions focus on issues related to CAD testing for women, pharmacologic stress testing, intravascular ultrasound and coronary doppler flow measurements, the SPECT technique for assessing myocardial viability, and prognostic evaluation of CAD patients using perfusion imaging. Includes charts, tables, and color photographs. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)Book Details
Published
November 25, 1996
Publisher
Churchill Livingstone
Pages
654
Format
Hardcover
ISBN
9780443076527