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Stress echocardiography combines 2D echocardiography with a physical, pharmacological, or electrical stress for assessing the presence, localization, and extent of myocardial ischemia. Stress-induced wall motion abnormality is the early and specific marker of ischemia. Identification of viable myocardium and evaluation of severity of valvular heart disease are additional recognized applications of stress echocardiography. The wide availability of echocardiographic equipments in all medical centers has been a factor of paramount importance for the diffusion of the technique, especially in the light of its limited costs and resource consumption.

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Picano, E., Sicari, R. (2012). Stress Echocardiography. In: Henein, M. (eds) Clinical Echocardiography. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-84882-521-5_8

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