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Carlos Cotrim1, Francisco Costa2, Luís Baquero1
1Heart Center do Hospital da Cruz Vermelha Lisboa Portugal.
Abstract:
Exercise echocardiography is used mainly in the study of patients with coronary artery disease, however the technique is increasingly used in the study of other pathologies. We present the first case of use of exercise stress echocardiography for clinical decision in one patient with biological prostheses in tricuspid position. The clinical exam, the echocardiogram, the cardiac MRI, the NT proBNP were normal and the patient has been considered to have no indication for surgery. The patient was only presented and accepted for surgery after the results of exercise stress echocardiography.
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