An introduction to the applications, methodology and interpretation of exercise electrocardiography

Exercise testing is a very valuable tool in clinical practice since it has many applications including diagnosis, screening, evaluating treatment and for the determination of prognosis and severity of disease. Its methodology has been varied but comparisons of methodology have been performed that make it possible to obtain comparable information from almost any method of testing. The addition of microprocessors to medical instrumentation and the use of nuclear imaging can improve exercise testing. Exercise testing also play an important role in cardiac rehabilitation and in the prescription of exercise for apparently healthy individuals.