Volumen 23, Número 5. Septiembre - Octubre 2002

El papel de la prueba de esfuerzo en cardiología pediátrica: indicaciones y resultados
Maria Serratto MD, FACC, FAAP

Indications for exercise testing in pediatric cardiology differ considerably from indications in adult cardiology. In adult cardiology exercise testing is employed almost exclusively to detect ischemia. In pediatric cardiology the indications are more broad. Exercise testing is used to evaluate the effect of known diseases and the results of treatment of such diseases upon the cardiovascular and cardiorespiratory systems under the challenge of exercise, and also to confirm or rule out suspected but as yet unproven pathological conditions such as arrhythmias... Ver artículo completo