1. Stress echocardiography in contemporary clinical cardiology: practical considerations and accreditation
- Author
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Roxy Senior, Benoy N. Shah, Richard P. Steeds, Reinette Hampson, Jane Lynch, and Anita Macnab
- Subjects
Clinical cardiology ,medicine.medical_specialty ,lcsh:Diseases of the circulatory (Cardiovascular) system ,Cardiac & Cardiovascular Systems ,stress echocardiography ,Diagnostic accuracy ,HEART-DISEASE ,030204 cardiovascular system & hematology ,valve disease ,Coronary artery disease ,03 medical and health sciences ,0302 clinical medicine ,Stress Echocardiography ,Medicine ,Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and imaging ,Medical physics ,In patient ,030212 general & internal medicine ,Image display ,Accreditation ,Advanced and Specialized Nursing ,EUROPEAN ASSOCIATION ,Science & Technology ,training ,Radiological and Ultrasound Technology ,business.industry ,valvular heart disease ,medicine.disease ,PRIMARY MITRAL REGURGITATION ,PROGNOSTIC VALUE ,Editorial ,lcsh:RC666-701 ,VALVULAR AORTIC-STENOSIS ,MYOCARDIAL CONTRAST ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY ,DOBUTAMINE ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY ,PERFUSION ASSESSMENT ,Cardiovascular System & Cardiology ,CORONARY-ARTERY-DISEASE ,British Society of Echocardiography Stress Accreditation Committee ,ischaemia ,business ,Life Sciences & Biomedicine ,cardiomyopathy ,EXERCISE ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY - Abstract
Stress echocardiography is a widely utilised test in patients with known or suspected coronary artery disease (CAD), valvular heart disease and cardiomyopathies. Its advantages include the ubiquitous availability of echocardiography, lack of ionising radiation, choice of physiological or pharmacological stressors, good diagnostic accuracy and robust supporting evidence base. SE has evolved significantly as a technique over the past three decades and has benefitted considerably from improvements in overall image quality (superior resolution), machine technology (e.g. digital cine-loop acquisition and side-by-side image display) and development of second-generation ultrasound contrast agents that have improved reader confidence and diagnostic accuracy. The purpose of this article is to review the breadth of SE in contemporary clinical cardiology and discuss the recently launched British Society of Echocardiography (BSE) Stress Echocardiography accreditation scheme.
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- 2018