Exercise Stress Testing for Primary Care and Sports Medicine

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Evans, Corey H. (Editor), White, Russell D. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY : Springer New York, 2009.
• Subjects: Medicine.; Family medicine.; Emergency medicine.; Sports medicine.; Medicine & Public Health.; Primary Care Medicine.; General Practice / Family Medicine.; Sports Medicine.
• Online Access: https://ezaccess.library.uitm.edu.my/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-76597-6

This practical book is a guide to the exercise stress test performed to determine a patients risk of developing coronary heart disease. Edited by Drs. Corey H. Evans and Russell D. White, the text is ideal for primary care, family medicine and sports medicine physicians, sports physiologists and tr...

Table of Contents:

• Section 1: Performing the Test: Why to Exercise Stress Test
• Physiology
• Test Performance
• Special Protocols and Testing Special Populations
• Hospital Privilege, Risk and Medical-Legal Concerns
• Section 2: Test Interpretation and Application: Test Interpretation
• Managing Common Abnormal Responses
• Nuclear Imaging Techniques
• Stress Echocardiography
• Risk Stratification of Symptomatic Patients
• Exercise Testing for Preoperative Evaluation
• Risk Stratification of Asymptomatic Patients: Exercise Test and Other Tools
• Exercise Testing for Cardiac Patients
• Section 3: Sports Medicine Applications: Exercise Testing for Fitness Evaluation
• Exercise Prescription
• Gas Analysis
• Athletic Populations
• Section 4: Case Studies: Appendix A: Equipment
• Appendix B: Reimbursement and Coding.