Stress Testing

Heart Stress Tests (cardiac stress tests) identify any effects of a blocked heart artery by increasing the heart's need for oxygen. A Stress Test consists of increasing your heart rate with either exercise or medications while monitoring your heart's electrical rhythm.

Variations of Heart Stress Tests include...

• Exercise Treadmill Testing
• Exercise Echocardiography
• Dobutamine Echocardiogram Stress Test
• Dobutamine Cardiolite Stress Test
• Exercise Cardiolite Stress Test
• Adenosine Cardiolite Stress Test

Preparation

• Wear comfortable clothes and shoes for exercising
• Avoid caffeine for 24 hours prior to the study

Treadmill Test instructions (Arabic)
Treadmill Test instructions (English)

How Is the Procedure Performed?

A nurse or technician will clean off the areas of your chest where the sensory pads will be placed. These will be coated in a gel, which might feel cold to the skin. You will have electrodes attached to your skin, but no electricity will be passed to you.

You will be asked to walk on a treadmill which will gradually increase in speed. Your heart electrical signals and your blood pressure readings are continueously recorded and graphed for later analysis by your doctor.

The results will be stored in our automated medical record system and will be available to your doctor for comparison at each follow-up.