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Prueba de esfuerzo con ejercicio - Risks

Nombres alternativos

ECG de ejercicio; Prueba de esfuerzo con ejercicio; ECG de esfuerzo; ECG de ejercicio en cinta sin fin (caminador); Ecocardiografía de esfuerzo; Electrocardiografía con ejercicio

Riesgos:

Las pruebas de esfuerzo generalmente son seguras. Algunos pacientes pueden presentar dolor torácico o se pueden desmayar o desvanecerse. Un ataque cardíaco o un ritmo cardíaco irregular y peligroso es raro.

Generalmente, las personas que son propensas a tener tales complicaciones de antemano se sabe que tienen un corazón débil, así que no se les hace este examen.

Consideraciones:

Las pruebas de esfuerzo sólo con ejercicio pueden ser difíciles de interpretar en ciertos pacientes. En esos pacientes, se puede agregar algún tipo de examen imagenológico (ecocardiografía o gammagrafía) u otro examen.

Reviewed last on: 5/23/2011
Michael A. Chen, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, Harborview Medical Center, University of Washington Medical School, Seattle, Washington. Also reviewed by David Zieve, MD, MHA, Medical Director, A.D.A.M., Inc.

Referencias

Chaitman BR. Exercise stress testing. In: Bonow RO, Mann DL, Zipes DP, Libby P, eds. Braunwald's Heart Disease: A Textbook of Cardiovascular Medicine. 9th ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Saunders Elsevier;2011:chap 14.

Fraker TD Jr, Fihn SD, Gibbons RJ, Abrams J, Chatterjee K, Daley J, et al. 2007 chronic angina focused update of the ACC/AHA 2002 Guidelines for the management of patients with chronic stable angina: a report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force on Practice Guidelines Writing Group to develop the focused update of the 2002 Guidelines for the management of patients with chronic stable angina. Circulation. 2007;116:2762-2772.

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