recommendations. A new section on the use of intraoperative transesophageal
echocardiography (TEE) is being added to update the guidelines published by the American …

For many years, the functional sequelae of chronic coronary artery disease were considered
irreversible and amenable only to palliative therapy. For example, a finding of asynergy (the …

Stress echocardiography is the combination of 2D echocardiography with a physical,
pharmacological or electrical stress. The diagnostic end point for the detection of myocardial …

Background Measurement of the degree of aortic valve calcification (AVC) using electron
beam computed tomography (EBCT) is an accurate and complementary method to …

It is clearly important that the medical profession plays a significant role in critically
evaluation of the use of diagnostic procedures and therapies in the management or …

Objectives. This study evaluated the relative merits of the most frequently used techniques
for predicting improvement in regional contractile function after coronary revascularization in …

Methods A MEDLINE search (1980 through January 2000) was performed using the search
term “myocardial viability” in combination with a set of terms for the techniques:“Thallium …

Objectives: This study examined the effect of aspirin on the risk of embolic events in infective
endocarditis (IE). Background: Embolism is a major complication of IE, and studies in animal …

Cardiovascular stress testing remains the mainstay of provocative evaluation for patients
with known or suspected coronary artery disease. Stress echocardiography has become a …

In recent years, diagnostic testing to evaluate the presence and extent of viable but
dysfunctional myocardium has become an important component of the clinical assessment …