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If | If a hypertensive patient has a history suggestive of [[myocardial ischaemia]], then a [[stress test|stress ECG test]] is recommended, and, if positive or ambiguous, an imaging stress test (stress [[echocardiography]], stress cardiac magnetic resonance or nuclear scintigraphy) is recommended. | ||
===Summary of Recommendations on The Search for Asymptomatic Cardiovascular Disease (DO NOT EDIT)<ref name="pmid23771844">{{cite journal| author=Authors/Task Force Members. Mancia G, Fagard R, Narkiewicz K, Redon J, Zanchetti A et al.| title=2013 ESH/ESC Guidelines for the management of arterial hypertension: The Task Force for the management of arterial hypertension of the European Society of Hypertension (ESH) and of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC). | journal=Eur Heart J | year= 2013 | volume= 34 | issue= 28 | pages= 2159-219 | pmid=23771844 | doi=10.1093/eurheartj/eht151 | pmc= | url=http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=23771844 }} </ref>=== | ===Summary of Recommendations on The Search for Asymptomatic Cardiovascular Disease (DO NOT EDIT)<ref name="pmid23771844">{{cite journal| author=Authors/Task Force Members. Mancia G, Fagard R, Narkiewicz K, Redon J, Zanchetti A et al.| title=2013 ESH/ESC Guidelines for the management of arterial hypertension: The Task Force for the management of arterial hypertension of the European Society of Hypertension (ESH) and of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC). | journal=Eur Heart J | year= 2013 | volume= 34 | issue= 28 | pages= 2159-219 | pmid=23771844 | doi=10.1093/eurheartj/eht151 | pmc= | url=http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=23771844 }} </ref>=== | ||
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Overview
If a hypertensive patient has a history suggestive of myocardial ischaemia, then a stress ECG test is recommended, and, if positive or ambiguous, an imaging stress test (stress echocardiography, stress cardiac magnetic resonance or nuclear scintigraphy) is recommended.
Summary of Recommendations on The Search for Asymptomatic Cardiovascular Disease (DO NOT EDIT)[1]
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| "1. Whenever history suggests myocardial ischaemia, a stress ECG test is recommended, and, if positive or ambiguous, an imaging stress test (stress echocardiography, stress cardiac magnetic resonance or nuclear scintigraphy) is recommended. (Level of Evidence: C)" |
References
- ↑ Authors/Task Force Members. Mancia G, Fagard R, Narkiewicz K, Redon J, Zanchetti A; et al. (2013). "2013 ESH/ESC Guidelines for the management of arterial hypertension: The Task Force for the management of arterial hypertension of the European Society of Hypertension (ESH) and of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC)". Eur Heart J. 34 (28): 2159–219. doi:10.1093/eurheartj/eht151. PMID 23771844.