A chemical stress test uses medications to simulate your heart’s response to exercise. A stress test can assess how well your heart performs during exercise. Your doctor may suggest a stress test if ...

Dear Mayo Clinic: I have a treadmill stress test scheduled to look for heart disease. I know this involves exercising, and I'm worried that I'm not physically up to it. Is there another way to gather ...

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A nuclear stress test helps to assess your risk of a severe cardiac event. Depending on your health, a doctor may ask you to take a treadmill test or a chemical test, which uses medications to ...

The medical team will not perform CT Angio when your ECG and stress test results show no issues, and you belong to a low-risk ...

‌The thallium stress test is an imaging study that shows your doctor how well blood flows to your heart. It measures your blood flow during rest and after exercise. The thallium stress test is also ...

Exercise electrocardiographic (ECG) stress tests appeared to reliably indicate that some patients with angina with nonobstructive coronary arteries (ANOCA) actually had coronary microvascular ...

Crossing the age of 40 usually signals a phase where careers accelerate, family responsibilities peak, and health often becomes secondary. Yet, biologically, this is precisely when the heart begins to ...

Pregnancy acts as a ‘physiologic stress test,’ as it increases cardiac workload by 30–50% to support the foetus,” Dr Bhate ...