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Foreword |
6 |
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Preface |
7 |
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Contents |
9 |
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Contributors |
12 |
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Performing the Exercise Test |
14 |
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Exercise Physiology for Graded Exercise Testing: A Primer for the Primary Care Clinician |
15 |
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Performance of the Exercise Test |
34 |
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Exercise Testing Special Protocols |
56 |
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Testing Special Populations |
65 |
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Interpretation and Application of the Exercise Test |
88 |
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Interpreting the Exercise Test |
89 |
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Common Abnormal Responses Seen with Exercise Testing and How to Manage Them |
116 |
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Nuclear Imaging with Exercise Testing |
128 |
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Stress Echocardiography |
150 |
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Stratifying Symptomatic Patients Using the Exercise Test and Other Tools |
173 |
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Exercise Testing as Applied to the Preoperative Patient |
199 |
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Exercise Testing and Other Tools for Risk Stratification in Asymptomatic Patients |
208 |
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Promoting Therapeutic Lifestyle Change and the Primary Prevention of Coronary Artery Disease |
222 |
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Exercise Testing After Bypass or Percutaneous Coronary Intervention |
236 |
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Legal Aspects of Graded Exercise Testing |
260 |
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Sports Medicine Applications of Exercise Testing |
277 |
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Measuring Physical Fitness |
278 |
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Generating an Exercise Prescription from the Exercise Test |
291 |
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The Role of Gas Analysis and Cardiopulmonary Exercise Testing |
314 |
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Testing Athletic Populations |
341 |
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Exercise Testing for the Symptomatic Athlete |
352 |
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Case Studies |
372 |
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Case Studies: Lessons Learned from Interesting Cases |
373 |
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Index |
398 |
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