Prognostic Value of Normal Stress Echocardiography in Obese Patients

• Main Authors: Michele Murphy (Author), Siva Krothapalli (Author), Jose Cuellar (Author), Somsupha Kanjanauthai (Author), Brian Heeke (Author), Pallavi S. Gomadam (Author), Avirup Guha (Author), Vernon A. Barnes (Author), Sheldon E. Litwin (Author), Gyanendra K. Sharma (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Hindawi Limited, 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background. Chest pain is a common problem in obese patients. Because of the body habitus, the results of noninvasive evaluation for CAD may be limited in this group. Methods. We reviewed the records of 1446 consecutive patients who had undergone clinically indicated stress echocardiography (SE). We...