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Is it advisable for one to have a chemical stress test if he has leaking heart valves?
Is a chemical heart stress test okay with leaking mitral & aortic heart valves?
submitted by Robert from Ft. Walton Beach, Florida on 10/7/2015
Answer:
by Texas Heart Institute cardiologist, Patrick J. Cook, MD
No contraindication to it per se.
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Updated October 2015
