Diagnosing Heart Disease: Heart Disease
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Diagnosing heart disease
Doctors use several techniques to diagnose heart disease. These include learning your medical history, performing a physical exam, and doing routine laboratory tests and an electrocardiogram. Depending on the results of this initial evaluation, the doctor may recommend more specialized tests — for example, an exercise tolerance test, nuclear imaging, or coronary arteriography (also known as coronary angiography).
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