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To diagnose coronary artery disease, you may have undergone various cardiac tests. These include:

Electrocardiogram (EKG)
Echocardiogram
Stress Echocardiogram
Stress Thallium Test

All of the tests listed above help detect abnormalities in the electrical circuit, contraction, or the blood flow in the heart.

If the test results suggest the cause of the abnormalities are due to lack of blood flow in the arteries or if there are abnormalities in the valves, your physician may recommend a Cardiac Catheterization



 



Text provided by Andrew Michaels, M.D., Tony Chou, M.D., and Laura Kee, R.N., Ph.D.,
Division of Cardiology, University of California San Francisco
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