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Volume 330:869-870 March 24, 1994 Number 12
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A New Stress for Stress Tests

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To the Editor: A 71-year-old man was recently referred to our echocardiography laboratory for a stress test with dobutamine. Initially, he appeared to be a calm, soft-spoken man. His resting heart rate was 81 beats per minute. During the first dose of dobutamine (5 µg per kilogram of body weight per minute), his base-line heart rate was 92 beats per minute. He then engaged one of the physicians in a discussion about Hillary Clinton and the Clinton administration's proposed health care reform. It was clear from the conversation that the patient was strongly opposed to it. While he was talking . . . [Full Text of this Article]


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