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The Right Stress Test Does the Magic
October 12, 2007 at 8:50 PM
Research News
For the guide, MCG cardiologists reviewed the literature on stress tests to analyse their pros and cons.
“So if you are female, I put you on a treadmill and the waves that measure the electrical activity of your heart drop. You say, ‘Am I going to die? That probably is not the case. But instead of then taking those 30 percent of women to the catheterization lab to look for blood vessel blockages, we put them back on the treadmill this time with a contrast medium so we can see the heart work and possibly with a pharmacologic stress agent as well,” said Dr. Vincent J.B. Robinson, nuclear cardiologist at the Medical College of Georgia and the Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Augusta.
To help ensure all physicians know the best strategy, a team of MCG cardiologists reviewed the literature on stress tests and wrote a comprehensive article for the October issue of Southern Medical Journal.
“Coronary artery disease is a very, very prevalent condition and every physician, regardless of specialty, has to face the disease one way or the other,” says Dr. Rakesh N. Patel, MCG research assistant
“A lot of stress tests are available to help assess disease. To maximize the sensitivity and specificity, you have to choose the appropriate stress test.” Dr. Patel added.
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