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Pharmacologic Stress Testing

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For the vast majority of patients, exercise stress testing is the preferable mode of physiologic stress as it offers insight into functional capacity. However in conditions when a patient cannot exercise maximally or has a contraindication to exercise testing (Table 10.1), pharmacologic agents may be used in conjunction with myocardial perfusion imaging to assess patients with known or suspected coronary artery disease.

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  1. Cardiovascular Division, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, 1123 NW 14th Street, CRB 1120, Miami, FL, 33133, USA

    Apurva O. Badheka M.D.

  2. Cardiac Imaging and Outpatient Services, Cardiovascular Division, Department of Medicine, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL, USA

    Robert C. Hendel M.D. (Professor of Medicine and Radiology, Director)

  3. Cardiac Care Unit, University of Miami Hospital, Miami, FL, USA

    Robert C. Hendel M.D. (Director)

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    Robert C. Hendel

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Badheka, A.O., Hendel, R.C., Hendel, R.C. (2013). Pharmacologic Stress Testing. In: Heller, G., Hendel, R. (eds) Handbook of Nuclear Cardiology. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-2945-5_10

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