Dr. Krumholz answers the question: 'What Are The Stress Test Medications?' — -- Question: What are the differences between the medicines used in a medicine stress test? Answer: If you can't ...

Dr. Robert Bonow answers the question: 'What Is A Nuclear Stress Test?' — -- Question: What is a nuclear stress test (Myocardial Perfusion Imaging), and how does it differ from either a medicine ...

Dr. David Faxon answers the question: 'How Often Do I Need A Stress Test?' — -- Question: Why and how often do I need a stress test? Answer: Your doctor will decide if it's appropriate for you to ...

Dr. Acker answers the question: 'Stress Test With Negative Results?' — -- Question: If I have a negative stress test do I still need to worry? I heard Bill Clinton had a negative stress test and ...

Dr. David Faxon answers the question: 'Abnormal Stress Test Results?' — -- Question: What happens when I get an abnormal result on my stress test? Answer: I kind of think of the results of a ...

In general, a stress test reveals how well a system performs under pressure. Most people likely associate a stress test with an exercise stress test, which involves assessing how well a person’s body ...

When Krishna Patel, MD, ordered a cardiac stress test for an 80-year-old patient, she did not expect how the move — the standard of care for patients with elevated coronary artery calcium — would ...