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