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Robert DeBusk, MD

JAMA. 1975;232(9):956-958.

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EXERCISE electrocardiography has wide application in the diagnosis and treatment of heart disease. This brief review emphasizes its usefulness in the management of patients with suspected or proved coronary heart disease. The following are indications for exercise electrocardiography:

1. To aid in establishing the presence or absence of "preclinical" coronary heart disease in apparently normal individuals.
   
2. To aid in establishing the presence of suspected coronary heart disease.
   
3. To assess the functional significance of coronary heart disease: selection of therapy (a) in stable angina pectoris, (b) following myocardial infarction, and (c) following coronary artery bypass surgery.
   
4. Evaluation of the risk of sudden cardiac death.
   

Author Affiliations
From the Cardiology Division, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, Calif.

Footnotes
This article is one of a series sponsored by the American Heart Association, edited by Richard L. Popp, MD.

Reprint requests to 730 Welch Rd, Palo Alto, CA 94304 (Dr. DeBusk).

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