Publications by authors named "Lorenzo Monserrrat"
Background: The incremental value of exercise echocardiography (EE) has been demonstrated to be maximal in patients with moderate pretest probability for coronary artery disease, but there is a lack of data in patients with low pretest probability or patients with good functional capacity.
Methods: To investigate whether such incremental value is maintained in patients with excellent exercise capacity, we studied 1,433 patients who had excellent exercise capacity (>or=8 METs for women, >or=10 METs for men).
Results: During a follow-up of 2.
Background: Although mitral regurgitation (MR) may be assessed during exercise echocardiography (EE) there are no data regarding its value for predicting outcome in large series of patients. We sought to determine whether the predictive value of EE is maintained over clinical variables and resting echocardiography when the latter included information on MR, and to verify whether postexercise MR may improve the value of EE for predicting outcome.
Methods: In all, 1916 patients (mean age +/- 1SD = 62 +/- 11 years; mean left ventricular ejection fraction +/- 1SD = 56 +/- 11) referred for EE were followed up for 1.
Background: Although exercise echocardiography (EE) is not clearly indicated in patients with normal electrocardiogram (ECG) as the first evaluation, there is a lack of data regarding its superiority over the Duke score for prognosis. We investigate whether EE has incremental value over the Duke score for predicting outcome in patients with normal ECG.
Methods: One thousand six hundred forty-seven patients with interpretable ECG referred for EE were followed up for 2.