Exercise Echocardiography or Exercise SPECT Imaging?
JAMAPublished 9 September 1998
Kirsten E. Fleischmann, M. G. Myriam Hunink, Karen M. Kuntz, Pamela S. Douglas
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Exercise ECHO has better specificity and, therefore, higher overall discriminatory capabilities as used in contemporary practice than SPECT, which has similar sensitivities for the detection of coronary artery disease.
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Exercise ECHO and exercise SPECT have similar sensitivities for the detection of coronary artery disease, but exercise ECHO has better specificity and, therefore, higher overall discriminatory capabilities as used in contemporary practice.
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