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Cardiac arrhythmia: Additional tests

Additional tests are sometimes used to evaluate patients with arrhythmia. The most common tests are long-term ECG recording, exercise testing, heart rate variability, electrophysiological studies, echocardiography and Doppler ultrasound tests, and blood tests. The choice of which test to use depends on the clinical circumstances.


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