| 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 |
| Performance of the Exercise Test | 34 |
| Exercise Testing Special Protocols | 56 |
| Testing Special Populations | 65 |
| Interpretation and Application of the Exercise Test | 88 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| Case Studies: Lessons Learned from Interesting Cases | 373 |
| Index | 398 |