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Exercise Echocardiography

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Many tests have been proposed in combination with echocardiography: only a few have a role in clinical practice. For the diagnosis of organic coronary artery disease, exercise remains the paradigm of all stress tests.

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Ryan, T. (1997). Exercise Echocardiography. In: Stress Echocardiography. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-10090-5_10

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