A basic approach to the interpretation of the exercise test
| Autor: | Victoria Menold, Corey H. Evans, Myrvin H. Ellestad, George Harris |
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| Rok vydání: | 2001 |
| Předmět: |
medicine.medical_specialty
Referral Primary Health Care business.industry Primary care physician Myocardial Ischemia Arrhythmias Cardiac Blood Pressure Disease medicine.disease Risk Assessment Test (assessment) Coronary artery disease Electrocardiography Blood pressure Heart Rate Predictive Value of Tests Heart rate Physical therapy medicine Exercise Test Humans Pharmacology (medical) Treadmill business |
| Zdroj: | Primary care. 28(1) |
| ISSN: | 0095-4543 |
| Popis: | SUMMARY For primary care physicians, exercise testing is a cost-effective tool to evaluate patients presenting with symptoms. It helps to stratify those with probable coronary artery disease into a high-risk group needing referral and a low-risk group that can be observed. Each of the five main responses—the presence of myocardial ischemia, the heart rate and blood pressure response, the symptoms, any dysrhythmias, and the maximal aerobic capacity—should be mentioned in the final report. A suggested format for the exercise test report is shown in Table 4. Using the tools of pretest and post-test probability, the severity of disease, and the exercise treadmill scores greatly aids the primary care physician in the management of the patient evaluated with an exercise test. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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