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Exercise is the most physiological test available in the electrocardiographic evaluation of patients with angina pectoris. However, it has several disadvantages: it cannot be used in patients with poor exercise-tolerance; comparable haemodynamic parameters are not exactly reproduced during repeated periods of exercise.
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Roos, J.P., Roelandt, J. (1970). Atrial Pacing in Angina Pectoris. In: De Haas, J.H., Hemker, H.C., Snellen, H.A. (eds) Ischaemic Heart Disease. Boerhaave Series for Postgraduate Medical Education, vol 3. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-010-3347-3_14
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