TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - ECG Exercise Testing A1 - Askew, J. Wells A1 - Miller, Todd D. A2 - Heller, Gary V. A2 - Hendel, Robert C. Y1 - 2017 N1 - T2 - Nuclear Cardiology: Practical Applications, 3e AB - Exercise electrocardiography testing has been a valuable noninvasive tool for many decades in the evaluation of patients with suspected or known coronary artery disease (CAD) and remains widely utilized. The primary goals of noninvasive stress testing are to aid in the diagnosis of obstructive CAD and to provide risk stratification in an attempt to estimate the probability of myocardial infarction (MI) or death. Although cardiac stress imaging can improve the diagnostic yield and enhance risk stratification beyond exercise electrocardiogram (ECG) variables alone, the standard exercise ECG stress test should play a key role in the evaluation of patients with suspected CAD. The exercise ECG continues to be of great value, especially as the CAD paradigm has shifted from an emphasis on diagnosis to the importance of risk stratification. SN - PB - McGraw-Hill Education CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2024/03/29 UR - accesscardiology.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1145444848 ER -