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Echocardiograms. Stress tests. Cardiac calcium tests. You may well have had some or all of these. Your doctor may have recommended certain ones annually, even if you’re at low risk for heart disease. But “the days of regular asymptomatic testing in your doctor’s office are long gone,” says Michael Nanna, an interventional cardiologist at the Yale School of Medicine.