DOCTORS'
Medical Case Studies
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Medical Case Studies
Stress test
Cardiac stress test
Cardiac stress test (or Cardiac diagnostic test) is a test used in medicine and cardiology to measure the heart's ability to respond to external stress in a controlled clinical environment. The stress response is induced by exercise or drug stimulation. Cardiac stress tests compare the coronary circulation while the patient is at rest with the same patient's circulation observed during maximum physical exertion, showing any abnormal blood flow to the heart's muscle tissue. The results can be interpreted as a reflection on the general physical condition of the test patient...
Stress test - List of case studies
- Acute myocardial infarction with ST segment elevation
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Taking into consideration that the test results were substantially normal what could have caused the heart ... activity, avoiding intense physical effort and emotional stress; Careful control of blood pressure (optimal blood ...
- Left Ventricular Dysfunction and Aortic Stenosis
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woman might have. I would suggest doing a stress test like ergometry or preferably exercise echo in order to see ...
- Atrial Fibrillation at medium /high ventricular response
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In the light of the Holter test results in 2002, 2004 and 2008 do you notice a worsening in the ... of 100 bpm it goes up, in a short time, to 150 bpm under stress? The patient can understand he has reached his effort limit from ... rate (often at around 100 bpm at rest, 150-160 under stress) with digoxigenin at low dosage (digoxinemia 0,5-0,6 with Lanoxil ...
- Ischemic Heart Disease
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an LDL cholesterol of 126 mg%. He underwent an exercise stress test which revealed reversible inferoseptal ischemia at a peak heart rate of ...
- Severe right coronary artery stenosis
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behind the sternum, always when there was emotional stress. His coronary CT showed Severe high level stenosis with wall ... inferior ST and V6 abnormalities , and an initial blood test for necrosis markers was negative. The patient left the hospital ...
- Sinus Tachycardia in Mitral Insufficiency
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the transthoracic echocardiography. Finally, a stress echocardiogram was carried out showing a meaningful increase in ... characterized by heart palpitations; at the Holter ECG Test evidence of inappropriate sinus tachycardia. 12/2008 Monzino ...
- List of Examinations
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ANA and anti-phospholipids testing ANA screening test ANA serologies ANCA ANF ASA ASLO ASLO titer ... status of the tumor Exercise echo Exercise stress test Exercise test Expanded Disability Status Scale (EDSS) ...
- Atrial Fibrillation at medium /high ventricular response_2
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In the light of the Holter test results in 2002, 2004 and 2008 do you notice a worsening in the ... of 100 bpm it goes up, in a short time, to 150 bpm under stress? The patient can understand he has reached his effort limit from ... rate (often at around 100 bpm at rest, 150-160 under stress) with digoxigenin at low dosage (digoxinemia 0,5-0,6 with Lanoxil ...
- Artificial Urinary Sphincter Reimplantation
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from mixed incontinence with a prominent component of stress incontinence, following a transurethral procedure. Initially attempts ... prosthesis malfunction occurred. Infrascopic prosthesis test found absence of the balloon reservoir. Therefore, a prosthesis ...
- Right and left lateral tibiotarsal instability
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of the peroneus muscles is good. Anterior drawer test +++. Lateral drawer test +++. The tilt test shows instability ... ankle. I prefer prior to surgery to get also X-Rays in stress, to demonstrate the instability, either with: stress inversion on AP ...