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.

Sydó, N., et al. (2023). Exercise Test Predicts Both Noncardiovascular and Cardiovascular Death in a Primary Prevention Population. Mayo Clinic Proceedings.

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 ...

As for whether the reports of stress test results should change, Bullock-Palmer pointed out that they already include information on whether patients were able to exercise. “But what you could add is ...

In a stress test — also known as an exercise or treadmill test — a doctor monitors a person’s heart rate as they exercise or undergo a chemical stressor. It can show how well a person’s ...

A stress test, also known as an exercise stress test or treadmill test, is a diagnostic procedure to evaluate the heart’s function under stress, typically during exercise.

A recent study published in Mayo Clinic Proceedings has shown that the results of the exercise stress test, a common test that uses a treadmill and electrocardiogram to measure fitness, can predict ...

Primary causes of death. COPD = chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Credit: Mayo Clinic Proceedings (2023). DOI: 10.1016/j.mayocp.2023.05.029 ...

The treadmill exercise test with electrocardiogram (ECG), also known as an exercise stress test, is one of the most familiar tests in medicine. While exercise testing typically is focused on ...

Garden-variety exercise stress testing can be used in patients who have angina with nonobstructive coronary arteries (ANOCA) to uncover the presence of coronary microvascular dysfunction (CMD), new ...

A nuclear stress test is a diagnostic test that healthcare professionals use to monitor blood flow to your heart before and after exercise. Doctors often order it to look for coronary artery ...