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After 20 Years in Cardiology, I Stopped Trusting Stress Tests
Your stress test came back normal. Your doctor said you're fine. Fifty percent of people who have their first heart attack had no idea they had heart disease, and many of them passed a stress test in the months before.
A stress test only tells you whether your most severe blockages are already restricting blood flow. It cannot find the softer, smaller deposits that are far more likely to rupture. A normal result is not a clean bill of health for your arteries.
In this episode, I'm going to show you what a stress test can and cannot find, why I stopped ordering them the same way after 20…
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