A patient with known CAD reports worsening of his DOE. There is a history of a bipolar psychiatric disorder, and the patient has had many evaluations because of similar complaints, all of which have been negative. You would like to quantitate the patient’s exercise tolerance and order a TMET ECG. On the day of the test, you receive a call from the stress laboratory, indicating that the patient has LBBB. You would do which of the following? a. Cancel the test because you cannot interpret the ECG b. Proceed with the test c. Change the test to dobutamine echocardiography d. Change the test to adenosine thallium test e. Decide to perform coronary angiography

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A patient with known CAD reports worsening of his DOE. There is a history of a bipolar psychiatric disorder, and the patient has had many evaluations because of similar complaints, all of which have been negative. You would like to quantitate the patient’s exercise tolerance and order a TMET ECG. On the day of the test, you receive a call from the stress laboratory, indicating that the patient has LBBB. You would do which of the following? a. Cancel the test because you cannot interpret the ECG b. Proceed with the test c. Change the test to dobutamine echocardiography d. Change the test to adenosine thallium test e. Decide to perform coronary angiography
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