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Repeat combined stress and rest, stress and re‑injection or rest and redistribution myocardial perfusion study, including delayed imaging or re‑injection protocol on a subsequent occasion, with single photon emission tomography, with or without planar imaging, if: (a) both: (i) a service has been provided to the patient in the previous 24 months to which this item, or item 61324, 61329, 61345, 61349, 61357, 61394, 61398, 61406 or 61414 applies; and (ii) the patient has subsequently undergone a revascularisation procedure; and (b) the patient has one or more symptoms of cardiac ischaemia that have evolved and are not adequately controlled with optimal medical therapy; and (c) the service is provided at, or from, a practice located in a Modified Monash 3, 4, 5, 6 or 7 area; and (d) a stress echocardiography service is not available in the Modified Monash area where the service is provided; and (e) the service is not associated with a service to which item 11704, 11705, 11707, 11714, 11729 or 11730 applies; and (f) if the patient is 17 years or older—a service to which item 61349 applies has not been provided to the patient in the previous 12 months