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What is an exercise electrocardiography that is performed to determine if the heart is receiving enough blood during a time of stress?
Treadmill test- Exercise electrocardiography that is done to determine if the heart is receiving enough blood during exercise; also called cardiac stress test.
What is the medical term meaning evaluation of heart fitness by having patient exercise on a treadmill?
You have described a cardiac stress test.
What are cardiovascular stress test codes used for?
exercise-induced studies, pharmacologically-induced studies,
How can you explain a thallium stress test to a patient?
A thallium stress test is a type of nuclear scanning test or myocardial perfusion imaging test. It shows how well blood flows to the heart muscle. The test is usually done along with an exercise stress test on a treadmill or bicycle. When a patient reaches his or her maximum level of exercise, a small amount of radioactive substance called thallium is injected into the bloodstream. It shows where the heart muscle is not getting a normal blood supply.
Can you exercise after a blood test?
Sure, just make certain that you don't bump or otherwise stress the injection site.
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.
What are the normal results of a stress test?
A normal result of an exercise stress test shows normal electrocardiogram tracings and heart rate, blood pressure within the normal range, and no angina, unusual dizziness, or shortness of breath.
What is involved in a stress test?
A cardiac stress test is done (usually in a cardiology clinic) through heart simulation. The heart simulation is done through exercise (either a treadmill or a stationary bike). The purpose of this is to get the heart to beat fast and work hard to get the best test results.
How does the stress test work?
The patient begins riding a stationary bicycle or walking on a treadmill. Gradually the intensity of the exercise is increased.
What test's the flow of blood through the heart during activ ity is evaluated through the use of a radionuclide?
A nuclear stress test is typically used to evaluate the flow of blood through the heart during activity using a radionuclide tracer. This test helps to identify any blockages or abnormalities in the blood flow to the heart muscle.
Should you go alone to have a nuclear stress test done?
You should ask your health care provider whether you should have someone with you during a nuclear stress test. The answer will depend on the way that your health care provider plans to cause the stress -- through exercise or medication.
