Biography
Biography: Salaheddin Sharif
Abstract
Exercise stress test (EST) is the most common reliable noninvasive and relatively inexpensive tool for primary diagnosis and evaluation of patients who have or at risk of developing cardiac diseases, the most common of which is coronary artery disease (CAD). EST is a cardiovascular stimulation test which is performed on treadmill or bicycle, monitoring the electrocardiogram (ECG), blood pressure (BP), heart rate (HR) and patient appearance including chest pain and dyspnea. The American College of Cardiology (ACC) and American Heart Association (AHA) recommended that EST is the first of choice test in the diagnosis of CAD intermediate- risk patients and most patients who can exercise. Although emphasis has been placed on the diagnostic value of ST-segment depression, EST provides other valuable diagnostic and prognostic data. The objective of this symposium to provide revised standards, update and guidelines of EST which include: 1. Physiology of Exercise Stress Test 2. Exercise Stress Test Procedure 3. Interpretation of Exercise Stress Test date 4. Integrated scores & Modern report of exercise stress test