One of the strongest predictors of long-term mortality among patients undergoing a cardiac stress test is the need for a pharmacologic versus treadmill test, new data show. Moreover, although the risk ...

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 ...

A new study demonstrates life-saving benefits of consistent exercise. People who can exercise sufficiently on a treadmill during cardiac stress testing have a lower mortality risk regardless of their ...

A heart test that has been downgraded in the international guidelines for its perceived inaccuracy has been given a jolt of life after a new study confirms its veracity when put to the test against ...

Before a stress test, you’ll need to avoid food, drink, tobacco, and caffeine for a time. You may also have to stop taking some medications. Your doctor will provide information specific to you, but ...

A nuclear stress test shows how well blood travels through your heart at rest and exertion. Doctors often use it to check for coronary artery disease (CAD). Research suggests nuclear stress testing ...

You can’t blame Jack Merendino for being nervous when he stepped on the treadmill for an exercise stress test last year. Just a few months earlier his younger brother had major heart surgery, both his ...

Northwestern University engineers have now built a small wireless device that listens to those signals at once. The soft, ...

Measuring stress involves assessing a person’s physiological responses to stressors and, to a lesser extent, understanding the possible triggers for stress. Measuring stress may help a person or their ...