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Left side chest tightness that comes and goes?

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standard table: Using a standard table, your pre-test probability of cardiac disease is 34% if you're male and 12% if you're female. A stress test would be useful to further stratify your risk.

Dr Mirza agreed

Answered 1/21/2019

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