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What is the name of a treadmill-less heart test?
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Pharmacological: Pharmacological or chemical stress test ("myocardial perfusion imaging"). Often Lexiscan is the drug that's used so some people also call it a "Lexiscan Stress test".
Answered 10/4/2014
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