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Project Number: | I01CX001345-01A3 |
| Title: | Arm Exercise versus Pharmacologic Stress Testing for Clinical Outcome Prediction |
| Principal Investigator: | Wade H. Martin |
| Location: | St Louis, MO |
| Congressional District Code: | 1 |
| Research Service: | Clinical Science R&D |
| Project Period: | July 2018 - April 2021 |
| FY 2021 Funding Amount: | $0 |
| Total Award Amount (all years): |
$394,500 |
| Abstract: |
View full abstract and other project information on NIH RePORTER Go To NIH RePORTER Excerpt: Treadmill exercise capacity and other physiologic responses to leg exercise are powerful predictors of mortality and provide important clinical and diagnostic information. However, many Veterans cannot perform treadmill exercise because of lower extremity or other disabilities. For many years, pharmacologic myocardial perfusion imaging (MPI) has been the standard of care for their evaluation but fails to provide powerful prognostic and clinically relevant information of exercise testing, require... |