NONINVASIVE METHODS IN ESTIMATION OF LOCA LIZATION OF CORONARY ATHEROSCLEROSIS

The possibility of topical diagnosis of of coronary atherosclerosis wi th the use of different ECG criteria of positive graded exercise tests and of other contemporary noninvasive methods of investigation of pat ients with ischemic heart disease is rewieved. Methods considered incl ude echocardiography, radionuclide imaging techniques (myocardial scin tigraphy with TI-201, ventriculography with Technetium-99m etc.). Adva ntages and limitations of different methods and their ability to estim ate the localization of atherosclerotic lesions in coronary arteries a re described.