Comparative use of exercise tolerance testing, SPECT and CMR, alone and in combination, for the diagnosis of coronary heart disease in the CE-MARC study
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Background Whilst exercise tolerance testing (ETT) has been a corner stone investigation for the diagnosis of patients with suspected angina, increasingly imaging techniques have gained prominence. We aimed to determine the diagnostic accuracy of ETT in the CE-MARC study population compared to single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) and cardiovascular magnetic resonance (CMR) and to examine the clinical utility of performing CMR or SPECT after an inconclusive ETT result.
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