Nicola Gaibazzi, Quirino Ciampi, Lauro Cortigiani, Karina Wierzbowska-Drabik, Angela Zagatina, Ana Djordjevic-Dikic, Fiore Manganelli, Alla Boshchenko, Clarissa Borguezan-Daros, Rosina Arbucci, Sofia Marconi, Jorge Lowenstein, Maciej Haberka, Jelena Celutkiene, Antonello D'Andrea, Hugo Rodriguez-Zanella, Fausto Rigo, Ines Monte, Marco Fabio Costantino, Miodrag Ostojic, Elisa Merli, Mauro Pepi, Scipione Carerj, Jaroslaw D Kasprzak, Patricia A Pellikka, Eugenio Picano
BACKGROUND: Regional wall motion abnormality is considered a sensitive and specific marker of ischemia during stress echocardiography (SE). However, ischemia is a multifaceted entity associated with either coronary artery disease (CAD) or angina with normal coronary arteries, a distinction difficult to make using a single sign. The aim of this study was to evaluate the diagnostic potential of the five-step ABCDE SE protocol for CAD detection. METHODS: From the 2016-2022 Stress Echo 2030 study data bank, 3,229 patients were selected (mean age, 66 ± 12 years; 2,089 men [65%]) with known CAD (n = 1,792) or angina with normal coronary arteries (n = 1,437)...
December 12, 2023: Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography