Abstract
Since 1918 when electrocardiogram (ECG) changes were first described during an attack of angina (Bousfield) the exercise ECG has become the most commonly used non-invasive test to identify those patients with coronary artery disease. The purpose of the test is to determine whether the coronary circulation will allow an increased oxygen supply to the myocardium in response to increased demand during exercise as well as assessing the overall exercise capacity of the patient. Initial results from exercise ECG studies suggested an extremely accurate test which could clearly distinguish between those patients with normal arteries and those patients with coronary disease (Mason et al., 1967).
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Brennand-Roper, D.A. (1991). Exercise electrocardiogram testing and thallium scintigraphy. In: Maisey, M.N., Britton, K.E., Gilday, D.L. (eds) Clinical Nuclear Medicine. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-3358-4_2
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