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Hyperventilation Test

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Hyperventilation tests have been mainly used in clinical practice as a provocative test for coronary artery vasospasm in patients with suspected or documented vasospastic angina [1–4]. The rationale for the use of hyperventilation testing for this purposes is based upon the demonstration that, in susceptible patients, hyperventilation may trigger a vasospasm of a major epicardial coronary artery associated with chest pain and ischemic electrocardiographic changes similar to those observed during spontaneous anginal attacks [1].

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  1. Institute of Clinical Physiology, National Research Council, Via Moruzzi, 1, 56124, Pisa, Italy

    Eugenio Picano MD, PhD, FESC (Senior Medical Researcher of Italian National Research Council, Director, Echocardiography and Stress Testing Lab Institute of Clinical Physiology, Pisa, Scientific Director Cardiology, Clinica Cardiologica Montevergine, Mercogliano, Avellino, Editor-in-Chief Biomed Central Netjournal Cardiovascular Ultrasound)

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Picano, E. (2003). Hyperventilation Test. In: Stress Echocardiography. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-05096-5_16

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