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When “Positive” Turns Out To Be Negative

When “Positive” Turns Out To Be Negative

A couple weeks ago I had a conversation with a patient that surprised her. Her test result had been incorrect. She is a 57-year old woman who had been having chest pain for the last several months, though the symptoms weren’t necessarily with exertion. I had ordered a stress echocardiogram (see “Services” section of this website for a description of what this test…

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