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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Mar 12.
Published in final edited form as: J Am Coll Cardiol. 2009 Sep 1;54(10):877–885. doi: 10.1016/j.jacc.2009.03.080

4. Chest Pain During Cardiac Catheterization: The Sensitive Heart.

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Prevalence of typical chest pain experienced during cardiac catheterization in 36 patients with chest pain and normal coronary angiograms (CPNCA), 44 patients with coronary artery disease (CAD) and 10 patients with valvular heart disease (VHD) provoked by pacing from apex of right ventricle at 5 beats over resting heart rate and/or injection of contrast media into the left coronary artery. (Adapted from reference 64, with permission)