Ask your doctor if you have any questions about the exercise stress test. Nuclear stress test: This helps figure out which parts of the heart are not working well. A small amount of radioactive ...

Stress tests measure the amount of stress your heart can manage before it beats in an irregular rhythm or affects your blood flow. The exercise stress test is the one doctors use most often ...

Each type of stress test uses a different method to make your heart work harder. You may be required to exercise on a stationary bike or treadmill or take medication to simulate exercise and show ...

Asked how the ability to exercise during a stress test might influence mortality risk several years ... Renee Bullock-Palmer Commenting for TCTMD, Renee Bullock-Palmer, MD (Deborah Heart and Lung ...

If more information is needed, your doctor may request a cardiac “stress test.” Also called an exercise stress echocardiogram ...

University of Texas at Arlington researcher Michael Nelson doesn’t recall the specifics of the presentation, but he remembers ...

There are around 335,000 recurrent heart attacks in the United States each year, according to the American Heart Association ...

Middle-aged hearts retain some degree of cardiac plasticity, and may represent a more optimal time—or quite simply the last time—to intervene.

According to Merrill H. Stewart, MD, Ochsner Health, the test can more accurately identify high-risk patients while helping others avoid unnecessary invasive procedures.