A Patient Is Scheduled for a Cardiac Exercise Stress Test

question 32

Multiple Choice

A patient is scheduled for a cardiac exercise stress test to evaluate chest pain.While obtaining the patient history, the clinician notes that the patient has intermittent claudication when walking two blocks.On the basis of this finding, which of the following is indicated?

• A)The test will be performed as scheduled.
• B)The test is contraindicated because of the intermittent claudication.
• C)The test will be rescheduled after resolution of the claudication.
• D)The patient is a candidate for the dipyridamole-thallium (nonexercise) stress test.

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