Features of diagnosis of the ischemic heart disease. False-positive and false-negative exercise tests
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This article reviews scores and methodology of the assessment of the exercise test. The results of dobutamine ECG stress-tests, multispiral computer tomography determination of coronary calcium for diagnosis of the ischemic heart disease are presented. Clinical cases of false-positive and false-negative exercise tests demonstrating difficulties of exercise test results interpretation and their causes are discussed.
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