Which test for CAD should be used in patients with left bundle branch block?
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Abstract
Exercise stress electrocardiography is unreliable as a test for obstructive coronary artery disease (CAD) if the patient has left bundle branch block. The authors provide an algorithm for using alternative tests: exercise stress echocardiography, dobutamine echocardiography, computed tomographic (CT) angiography, and nuclear myocardial perfusion imaging.
Medical subject headings
- Bundle-Branch Block
- Computed Tomography Angiography
- Coronary Artery Disease
- Echocardiography, Stress
- Myocardial Perfusion Imaging