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Cardiac Stress Imaging IndicationsAka: Stress Imaging Indications, Stress EKG with Cardiac Imaging Indications, Stress Electrocardiogram with Imaging Indications

Indications: False positive likely on Cardiac Stress Test
1. Medication Use
  1. Digoxin
  2. Type I Antiarrhythmic
2. WPW Syndrome
3. Left Ventricular Hypertrophy
  1. Especially with "strain" pattern
4. Significant valvular disease
5. Severe Hypertension
6. Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy
7. Mitral Valve Prolapse
8. Baseline ST-T Wave abnormality
9. Female sex
  1. Exercise Stress Test now recommended as starting test
Indications: Stress EKG not interpretable
1. Left BBB (including rate dependent blocks)
2. Pacemaker dependency
3. Baseline ST abnormality (>1 mm)
4. Baseline T Wave abnormalities
Indications: Precise anatomic information desired
1. Correlation with catheterization findings
2. Follow-up revascularization procedures

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