Diagnostic Procedure
stress echocardiography
Subclass of:
Echocardiography
Definitions related to echocardiography, stress:
  • (stress echocardiography) An echocardiographic technique in which an image of the heart is produced by ultrasonography under conditions (e.g., exercise, pharmacologic agents or pacing) intended to elicit signs and symptoms of myocardial ischemia.
    CDISC Terminology
    Clinical Data Interchange Standards Consortium (CDISC), 2021
  • (stress echocardiography) An image of the heart produced by ultrasonography under conditions intended to elicit signs and symptoms of myocardial ischemia. Conditions often include exercise, pharmacologic agents or pacing.
    NCI
    U.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
  • A method of recording heart motion and internal structures by combining ultrasonic imaging with exercise testing (EXERCISE TEST) or pharmacologic stress.
    NLM Medical Subject Headings
    U.S. National Library of Medicine, 2025
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