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Figure 2 Example of a patient with stress-induced wall motion abnormality in the left anterior descending coronary artery territory. Increase in coronary flow velocity is almost lost during dobutamine infusion. Coronary flow velocity ratio peak is 1.08. Note diastolic-systolic flow velocity ratio is inverted during higher dose of dobutamine infusion. Velocity scale 60 cm/s.