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Stressechoresults: abn stress ecg at 9.1mets, normal exercise stress echo with no evidence of stress induced myocardial ischemia. what does this mean?

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Probably normal: The ECG is accurate about 70-80% of the time in diagnosing cad. Adding stress echo or nuclear imaging improves accuracy to above 90% when patient reaches his or her target rate.

Answered 6/10/2014

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