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Figure 5 Importance of achieving target heart rate in response to dobutamine infusion. Low-risk category is represented by patients with normal electrocardiogram (ECG) response, normal perfusion and function; the high-risk category is represented by patients with abnormal ECG response and abnormal perfusion and function, while intermediate-risk category is represented by patients with either abnormality. MPHR = maximum predicted heart rate.