Independent and incremental value of stress echocardiography over clinical and stress electrocardiographic parameters for the prediction of hard cardiac events in new-onset suspected angina with no history of coronary artery disease

Abstract

SE provides both independent and incremental prognostic value for the prediction of hard cardiac events in chest pain patients without a previous history of CAD-over and above clinical, ECG, and stress ECG data.

The clinical efficacy and long-term prognostic value of stress echocardiography in octogenarians

“…These findings are in contrast to SE studies performed in younger populations 4 5. CKD is highly prevalent in elderly populations (23% of our population) and forebodes worse outcomes, with predialysis patients having nine times higher death rates in comparison to population controls 12 13.…”

Independent and incremental prognostic value of exercise stress echocardiography in low cardiovascular risk female patients with chest pain

“…The European Society of Cardiology (ESC) guidelines on the management of stable coronary artery disease (SCAD) recommended Exercise ECG is the initial test for establishing a diagnosis of SCAD in patients with symptoms of angina and intermediate pretest probability (PTP) of CAD, free of anti‐ischemic drugs, unless they cannot exercise or display ECG changes which make the ECG nonevaluable . However, the practice of initial testing using exercise ECG has recently been challenged . ECG changes appear late in the ischemic cascade, and stress ECG data provide no incremental prognostic information compared with clinical assessment .…”

Comparative Definitions for Moderate-Severe Ischemia in Stress Nuclear, Echocardiography, and Magnetic Resonance Imaging

“…3) (17,35,39,41–49). For stress echocardiography, the CAD event rates ranged from as low as 2.8%/year (47) to as high as 9.4%/year (45). This result overlaps with the findings of moderate-severe ischemia with stress nuclear imaging.…”