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Adenosine cardiac stress testing ia an alternative to exercise stress testing. Adenosine is used instead of exercise when a patient cannot use a threadmill or stationary bicycle to exercise on. It is also used when the patient has poorly controlled hypertension (high blood pressure), glaucoma or various heart blocks which would interfere with the interpretation of the test results. It should not be used in patients with known Asthma or sever Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease.
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Should someone with atrial fibrillation have a exercise stress test or a thallium stress test?
If you are a patient currently in atrial fibrillation. Generally speaking an adenosine or lexiscan nuclear stress tests are usually the best options. The other medicated stress test is Dobutamine (both echocardiogram and Nuclear). You do not want to use Dobutamine on patients at risk to go into atrial fibrillation because it is a drug that can induce it. For patients that are in chronic atrial fibrillation dobutamine can be used but is not considered to be as diagnostic as a lexiscan or adenosine stress test. The reason being (and this goes or exercise stress tests as well) dobutamine is a heart rate dependent test. This means the closer the heart rate gets to the patients age predicted max HR the more accurate the test is at detecting heart disease. The assumption in this is that the patient is in a sinus rhythm. Myocardial oxygen demand correlates directly with patients HR when the patient is in sinus rhythm. If the patient is in atrial fibrillation that correlation with myocardial oxygen demand becomes much more cloudy thus reducing the sensitivity of an exercise or dobutamine stress test with patients in atrial fibrillation. Both lexiscan and adenosine eliminate HR demands in detecting CAD which makes them the best test for a.fib patients.
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What does a stress test check for
What is a chemical stress test?
The chemical stress test is used to evaluate the heart.
Can stress influence a pregnancy test?
No, stress can't influence the outcome of a pregnancy test.
What substance is used as a control in the Sudan iv test?
Usually water is the best control substance for the Sudan IV test.
Importance of Sudan IV?
Like lipids, the chemical Sudan IV is not soluble in water; it is, however, soluble in lipids. Therefore to test for the presence of lipids in a solution you will use a Sudan IV Test. In this test dark red Sudan IV is added to a solution along with ethanol to dissolve any possible lipids. If lipids are present the Sudan IV will stain them reddish-orange, giving a positive test.
What actors and actresses appeared in Stress Test - 2007?
The cast of Stress Test - 2007 includes: Lee Reherman
Why doesn't egg yolk have a reaction in the Sudan IV test?
Egg yolk should have a reaction in the Sudan IV test, because the Sudan IV tests for lipids (fats), and the yolk does have some fat in it. The Sudan IV test should have not had a reaction for egg membrane or egg white. Hope that helped!
Is a non stress test a standard diabetes test?
A non stress test is not used as a standard diabetic testing. A non stress test is typically used with new mothers during pregnancy. This is a painless procedure to monitor the baby's heart rate.
CPT code on cardiovascular stress test?
question is too broad - need detail of specific type of stress test
Is pulse monitored in a stress test?
Yes. In fact, the heart rate is specifically monitored to know when to stop the stress test.
What actors and actresses appeared in The Stress Test - 2004?
The cast of The Stress Test - 2004 includes: Juliet Morris as Narrator
