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What is the best test to see if my heart arteries are clear besides the heart cath? whatever is the most accurate.
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Exercise stress test: The EST tests the functionality of the heart as you are asking it to do more and more work in a gradually increasing fashion and you watch to see how it responds to that stress. Various norms have been set up over many years and it is used all around the world.
Answered 5/30/2016
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