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Functional tests for myocardial ischemia
J R Levinson1, T E Guiney, C A Boucher
1Cardiac Unit, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston.
Abstract:
Functional tests for myocardial ischemia are numerous. Most depend upon a combination of either exercise or pharmacologic intervention with analysis of the electrocardiogram, of regional perfusion with radionuclide imaging, or of regional wall motion with radionuclide imaging or echocardiography. While each test has unique features, especially at the research level, they are generally quite similar in clinical practice, so the clinician is advised to concentrate on one or two in which local expertise is high.
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