A stress test is useful for determining how physical activity affects a person's heart. It can help doctors diagnose conditions and make recommendations.

A study finds a significant 50-second improvement in exercise time and a trend toward increased exercise intensity when patients listen to music during a cardiac treadmill stress test.

New research published in the journal Mayo Clinic Proceedings has shown that patients who can complete a workout on a treadmill during a cardiac stress test have much lower mortality risk than those ...

Dobutamine or adenosine stress test: This is for people unable to exercise. You’ll take a drug to make the heart respond as if you were exercising . This way, the doctor can still determine if ...

In a stress echocardiogram test, we will get ultrasound images while the patient is at rest, and then when we get them up to that target heart rate, (on the treadmill) the technician would then ...

One of the strongest predictors of long-term mortality among patients undergoing a cardiac stress test is the need for a pharmacologic versus treadmill test, new data show. Moreover, although the risk ...

Pharmacologic stress test: This test is used for people who can’t exercise. They take a drug such as adenosine, dipyridamole, or dobutamine to make their heart respond as if they were exercising.

A stress test measures fitness using “ VO 2 Max”: The maximum volume of oxygen your body can take in as you’re exercising as hard as you can. Younger people, and males (because they have a ...

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 ...