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cord-355319-2mn9cf79	CANO CARRIZAL, Rubén	Surgical facemask: an ally of exercise stress echocardiography during the COVID-19 pandemic?	2020-10-29		.txt	text/plain	559	39	48	1 Regarding stress echocardiography, a key diagnostic tool in patients with coronary heart disease or suspected coronary heart disease, many studies have been delayed, giving priority to the pharmacological modality over the exercise modality, following previous ASE recommendations. 2 Nonetheless, exercise stress echocardiography (ESE) provides us with very valuable information such as the patient's functional capacity and chronotropic response. The aim of our study was to assess whether the use of a surgical facemask during ESE negatively impacts on patients' functional capacity and the percentage of conclusive studies. As a control group, we used patients who attended our center to perform an ESE with equal inclusion Previous studies have shown that heart rate during exercise is increased by the use of surgical facemasks in healthy participants. In conclusion, our study demonstrates that ESE with a surgical facemask is a feasible procedure.	./cache/cord-355319-2mn9cf79.txt	./txt/cord-355319-2mn9cf79.txt