%0 Journal Article
%T Why not a Stress Test in an Asymptomatic Person? ¡°The World Is Drowning¡­¡­.¡±
%A Ajay Mishra
%A Jagdish P Mishra
%A Sonia Mishra
%J American Journal of Cardiovascular Surgery | Impact Factor of Cardiovascular Journals
%D 2017
%R 10.15226/2573-864X/2/2/00108
%X While growing up, I remember someone telling me a poignant story: ¡°Once a teenager was drowning in a river, he started to yell, ¡°Help me; help me, the world is drowning...........¡± Well, I will come back to this story at the end of this article... The really so very pertinent question in Medicine is: Should we do any test when someone is asymptomatic? In Cardiology, the very simple question to be asked is: ¡°Do we need to do a stress test when a person is asymptomatic?¡± Whether that person is truly asymptomatic or not is altogether a different kind of question, however most of the guidelines (US, European and others) state not to do a stress test when a person is asymptomatic (Class III Indication)
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