Exercise echocardiography can be performed using either a treadmill or bicycle protocol. When a treadmill test is performed, post-exercise imaging is evaluated. Regional wall motion abnormalities would persist long enough into recovery to be detected but when recovery is rapid false-negative results occ...
Although the DASI score of functional status has been shown to correlate with peak oxygen consumption, has been used as a marker of improved function after various interventions, and recently was shown to have superior prediction of outcome as compared to a 6 minute walk test [19], the ...
Between groups comparisons were carried out using non-parametric Mann–Whitney U test for continuous data (represented as median (inter-quartile range)), as normality testing (via Shapiro–Wilk) indicates data were not normally distributed, and chi-square test for categorical data (represented as %...
Patients included in the study had no clinical evidence of coronary artery disease and produced a negative stress ECG test. CFVR after dipyridamole infusion was significantly lower in patients with DM than in control subjects. Interestingly, the reduction of CFVR did not correlate with glycemic ...