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Figure 2 Recommendations for Noninvasive Stress Testing According to the ACC/AHA Guidelines (2007)

Green bars indicate no recommendation of noninvasive stress testing and that patients can go directly to surgery; orange bars indicate patients for whom testing may be considered if it will change management (class IIb); and the red bar indicates a class IIa recommendation for noninvasive stress testing. ACC/AHA = American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association. Data from Fleisher et al. (18).