RT Book, Section A1 Thomas, Gregory S. A1 Ellestad, Myrvin H. A2 Fuster, Valentin A2 Harrington, Robert A. A2 Narula, Jagat A2 Eapen, Zubin J. SR Print(0) ID 1161724974 T1 ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHIC EXERCISE TESTING T2 Hurst's The Heart, 14e YR 2017 FD 2017 PB McGraw-Hill Education PP New York, NY SN 9780071843249 LK accesscardiology.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1161724974 RD 2024/03/28 AB For 50 years, exercise testing has served as the backbone of the noninvasive evaluation of coronary artery disease (CAD) and as an essential component of a clinician’s tool kit. Its rationale is compelling: it is simple, widely available, and inexpensive. Underused as stand-alone testing, a sophisticated and critical evaluation of the ECG and the patient during exercise and recovery, and a true maximal exercise effort, often provides the test sensitivity required for decision making without adjunctive nuclear or echocardiographic imaging. When adjunctive imaging is used, this same discriminatory power can enhance accuracy and confidence in the combined study.