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

wall motion in these viable segments may further improve or diminish, reflecting inducible
ischemia. This “biphasic response” is highly predictive of recovery of function after …

Background The assessment of myocardial viability has been used to identify patients with
coronary artery disease and left ventricular dysfunction in whom coronary-artery bypass …

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

Approximately 50% of the patients with chronic obstructive coronary artery disease resulting
in chronic contractile dysfunction have hibernating myocardium and may benefit from …

Exercise testing has an established role in the evaluation of patients with valvular heart
disease and can aid clinical decision making. Because symptoms may develop slowly and …

Objectives: Our aim was to assess the predictive value of myocardial infarct size assessed
with late gadolinium-enhanced (LGE) magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) in medically …

Objectives: Evaluate whether PCI in combination with optimal medical therapy (OMT) will
reduce all-cause death and hospitalization for HF compared to a strategy of OMT alone …

Ischaemic heart disease (IHD) continues to be the most common cause of death globally
according to WHO and is the most common cause of heart failure in the developed world. 1 …

Ischaemic cardiomyopathy (ICM) represents an important cardiovascular condition
associated with substantially increased morbidity and mortality. It is characterised from a …