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Stress ECG

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Exercise stress testing is a noninvasive procedure widely used to evaluate patients with known or suspected cardiovascular (CV) disease. It is mainly used to obtain diagnostic and prognostic information and to evaluate individual’s functional capacity and exercise tolerance.

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Faggiano, P., Faden, G., Cas, L.D. (2012). Stress ECG. In: Cademartiri, F., Casolo, G., Midiri, M. (eds) Clinical Applications of Cardiac CT. Springer, Milano. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-88-470-2522-6_32

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