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Is cardiac stress test useful in Aortic Dissection?
Prior to any operation, it is important to evaluate heart function. Professor Mussa explains when to get cardiac testing and how anesthetic evaluation is critical before any intervention.
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So a cardiac stress test is a way of assessing the function of the heart and traditionally we do that for patients who have heart disease or patients we are planning to operate on for aortic dissection. The form of testing could vary, could be a form of giving a medication or an exercise and then perform an echocardiogram to assess the function of the heart. And we essentially stress the heart, image it, and see how the heart would react to that stress. And we would compare that to index of the normal heart and we can decide how much damage has been done on that particular heart muscle. This is important if we're planning to plan an operation on a patient with aortic section to assess their heart before surgery so we don't end up with complications or try to to avoid or mitigate a complication ahead of time.
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