Diagnostic and prognostic role of the modern instrumental methods for cardiovascular examination in patients with coronary heart disease

Abstract

The paper reviews the indications, contraindications, limitations, and strengths of the modern functional methods for coronary heart disease (CHD) diagnostics. As well as the widely used electrocardiography (ECG) based exercise stress tests, the following informative methods are described: myocardial perfusion assessment, stress echocardiography (EchoCG), magnetic resonance imaging and multi-spiral computed tomography of the heart. The sensitivity, specificity, diagnostic order, and prognostic value of these methods are compared to those of coronary angiography in CHD patients.

Keywords

• coronary heart disease
• diagnostics
• stress ecg tests
• radionuclide methods of myocardial perfusion assessment
• stress echocg
• computed tomography
• coronary angiography
• meta-analysis