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A man in his 50s had normal blood pressure measured at the health examination center, but showed cardiac hypertrophy and increased carotid artery thickness.After cardiovascular treatment, he performed ...

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.

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 ...

Will changes to the stress test make it harder or easier to buy a home in Ontario? The stress test was brought into mortgage lending in 2016 and was meant to limit what borrowers could take on as a ...

Time to Tweak the Test Reports? Rozanski said it’s time to adjust reports of stress test results to put a greater emphasis on what it means when a patient can or cannot exercise, noting that, ...

In other cases, a more limited stress test is done to determine the safety of exercise. This is often done after a heart attack to determine which exercises a person can do as part of cardiac rehab.

In other cases, a more limited stress test is done to determine the safety of exercise. This is often done after a heart attack to determine which exercises a person can do as part of cardiac rehab.

Despite trying hard, some people cannot get their heart rate and blood pressure high enough where the stress test can diagnose heart disease. In this case, the exercise stress test is converted to a ...