nuclear stress test bruce protocol

My nuclear stress test results were as follows ver batim. I do not know what it means, are the results acceptable, good very good etc. What does this say about the blood flow to the heart muscle ? "injection of Myoview nuclear tracer & resting images obtained excercised on a treadmill for 5 min 34 sec. to 10.

i am male 51 went for a stress test conclusion was Exercise induced ischemia at peak levels in lateral leads doctors said that at 150bpm there was a negative result of -1.75 which was bad an earlier test done five years back had no indication of this , what is the interpration of this result and how serious is this? i do not smoke or drink and do not exercise . help This discussion is related to <a href='/posts/show/253602'>Stress Test Interpretation</a>.

Could you help me understand my stress test findings? I am scheduled for a heart catherization due to these findings. I'm am a 45 year old female with obesity and Graves Disease. Exercised for 6 minutes and 30 seconds of a Bruce Protocol. Heart rate increased to 151 which was 86% of her perdicted maximal heart rate. Blood pressure was 124/92 at baseline and peaked at 160/78. Had slight chest discomfort during exercise which resolved with rest.

This can be cause by a reversible defect or blockage in an artery and is usually verified by a nuclear stress test of a cath. Also, it would appear that your exercise and oxygen uptake tolerance were decreased as well/ What did your doctor have to say? Let us know.

Maybe I should have not asked for the Stress Test and listened to my Doctor. He suggested we either redo the test or refer to a Cardiologist at teaching hospital As soon as I eft the office I went for a a nice 40 minute run no chest pain or shortnes of breath was noted. Should I increase my dosage of baby aspirin? do you think they will recommend another cardiolite test or angiogram? I think I might have to wait a while for the appoinment. What's your impression or guess?

I recently had a nuclear stress test with imaging and while recovering and resting on the the table my HR was coming down from 180 during Bruce level 5 to 110 and that is when my symptoms appeared. I started having PVC's here and there then bigeminy,trigeminy, couplets and as many as four to five PVC's in a row. Of course I could feel them and this lasted for 10 minutes. No intervention done at the time. No change in BP either.

baseline ECG is normal. On Bruce protocol she could walk for upto 2 min on treadmill. There were no ECG changes during test, but during recovery phase she developed ST depression with T inversion in II, III, AVF , I, aVL and V2 to V6 for 10 min. She was not having chest pain at that time. She is undergoing Cor angio shortly. What is the probability that she can have Triple vessel disease?

I can produce a numbert of different opinions what is the appropriate heart rate and so on with exercising. The best method for someone with a heart issue is to have a stress test. A stress test is oftened done for the purpose of learning the degree of tolerance/risk one can safely do. The rule of thumb stated is not recommended for someone who has heart issues. You will be safe to engage in exercising according to METs.

My husband recently had a nuclear stress test done and the results are confusing. They are as follows: Excercised using full BRUCE protocol for 14 min. Pt achieved 17.2 METS, max heart rate of 184bpm of 177/75 mmHg. The double product was 32,568. Pt has no chest pain. He had TWI inferiorly and on V3 to V5 that resolved in recovery. No ST changes. It then goes on to say that there is attenuation due to soft tissues of the chest wall. There is diaphragmatic attenuation.

these would be firefighters and police officers performing a routine Bruce protocol test to pass their physical exam- can a midlevel or RN interpret and sign off

Stress tests are standardized so most likely you were administered the same test as all of have had, The Bruce Protocol Stress Test. If that is the case, 10 minutes isn't too bad, but if you made it to 15 minutes, it would be perfectly normal to be panting and sweating profusely..... And most likely you'd be a world class athlete.

Standard stress test can be highly UNDIAGNOSTIC. I had one and achieved a METS of 10.1 with no abnormalities in EKG shown however an angiogram revealed an RCA 95% occluded. Get the gold standard, get an angiogram.

on a bruce protocol treadmill test standard ( no dyes ) do you get results for Ejection fraction ?

can I refuse to do a nuclear stress test? I have a treadmill at home and can barely complete 3-5 minutes on it without be tired and out of breath. I have an echo on the same day and think whatever info needed could come from that. Or should I just do what I can do but I don't want to be forced to complete the 15min order by the dr??

I (57 yo male) just received the results of a stress test (Bruce protocol). I thought my heart was healthy, but asked for this test before starting an exercise regimen after not exercising regularly for the past few years. The "borderline normal " results were: 1. Ischemic changes confined to a small segment of the interior-apical wall of the left ventricle as well as the septal wall. 2. Borderline ejection fraction of 49% at rest.

My Stress test was a standard Bruce Protocol and completed 2 minutes of stage lll, of 8 minutes, equivalent to 10 METS placing me in Class l ( whatever that means) I achieved a rate of 160 which is 94 % of my maximum rate. test was terminated due to fatigue, Occasional PVC'S were noted. Resting images revealed moderate degree of perfusion defect in the basal lateral wall suggestive of reverse redistribution. No exercise induced left ventricular cavity dilation. Conclusions.

Exercised according to a standard Bruce protocol, completing Stage 4 and achieving heart rate of 164 BPM. Blood pressure response acceptable. No exercise-induced arryhthmias. Monitoring of the electrocardiogram during exercise revealed no ischemic change, however, in late recovery, there did appear to be evidence of some ST segment depression in the inferolateral leads. (about 1 mm of horizontal ST segment depression).

I've a lot of them, but mine usually last only 2 to 5 minutes, two minutes if they spot something right away, five if my heart is behaving. I don't have the healthiest of hearts, and at my age they only have to get my heart beating to about 110 bpm. They like to continue the test for a minute or so at your 85% rate. Google 'Bruce Protocol' and you will get a lot of answers. Good for you, seeing the Cardiologist.

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