Originally Posted by
Al.canoe
What role does acoustic imaging play in determining plaque? I recently had a sonogram of my heart and my carotid arteries. It was more to allay my doctors fears concerning my driving my heart rate above 80% max and sometimes max.
All was pronounced well, but how good of a test is it?
Al
i think you are referring to an echocardiogram. it does not evaluate coronary artery stenosis or plaque.
there is a test called stress echocardiogram that, in my limited understanding, is one method of indirectly evaluating for coronary artery stenosis. other indirect methods are the standard stress test and radionuclide stress imaging.