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Raising the probability
of disease from 0.25 to 0.60 would probably lead most physicians
to do a second test. The pre-test probability for this test would
be 0.60, the post-test probability after the dobutamine echo.
Starting with a pre-test probability this high, the post-test
probability after a positive result on any of several tests for
coronary artery disease would exceed 0.80, enough to swing our
diagnostic thinking toward coronary artery disease.
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