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Echo Stress Tests

Echo Stress Tests

Posted By Lourdes on December 15, 1998 at 18:10:56:







I was reading an answer to a post on this forum regarding whether or not echocardiograms can detect artery blockages.  The answer was that echos cannot detect even the most serious of artery blockages.  My first question is, why do cardiologists use stress echos to determine whether heart disease may be present if echos cannot detect blocked arteries? I'm confused. My second question is, wouldn't the stress thallium the best non-invasive test there is to detect artery blockages rather than a stress echo considering that an echo cannot detect blockages?
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