Stress testing for risk stratification of patients with low to moderate probability of acute cardiac ischemia

The role of stress testing is to diagnose acute coronary syndrome, but also to provide prognostic information about the patient. This article discusse s the diagnostic and prognostic abilities of exercise stress testing, myoca rdial perfusion imaging, and stress echocardiography. This article will hel p physicians better understand the role of stress testing in the risk strat ification of low-risk patients with chest pain.