PHARMACOLOGICAL STRESS ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY:

In this method the patient's heart examined with ultrasound during physical exertion and simultaneously writing an ECG. The combination of the two methods of examination stress ECG and cardiac ultrasound allows an accurate statement about blood circulation disorder.

Patients who are unable to perform an exercise ECG on the bike, for example because of physical limitations, get certain drugs to reach a maximal heart frequency. This is a variant of stress echocardiography.