stress test for older patients

thankyou for responding, yes had the test reached my target heart rate , but didnt feel like i had exerted myself enough to give my heart a real test, thankfully nothing showed, but wish i had some answers to the chest pain that goes down my left arm, and cardioligist says its nothing, well its not nothing its very disturbing actually put me on lipitor as bad cholestrol is 7 oh well if i cark it least i know nothing was wrong..

Of course i had the ct with my heart at rest before the stress test and then after the stress test... But am wondering what you would think is possibly going on. My maternal grandfather died because his heart actually exploded and my father himself has had bypass surgery... so there is a hitory in our family all my sibling's take meds for high blood pressure and one sister takes heart medication already ... Could you please let me knwo what your thgouhts are on this ...

for bone and thyroid scans, up to 3 days; for cardiac scans with thallium, up to 51 days.

Since I have hashimoto's, and a few of my mom's friends have thyroid issues too, my mom is going in Thursday to get tested. It's hard to say if she has any symptoms since any could be blamed for stress, menopause, and normal aging. She's probably fine but is going in for TSH and T3 and T4. I made sure she knew that she needed FREE T3 and FREE T4, believing that she needs to be very specific.

Same goes for prostate cancer for men. That used to so rare for younger men. Yes, I agree that there is a link between processed foods and pollution we breathe and drink that is causing more cancers.

m not sure how long these symptoms last for however. The other thing to look at is stress itself. Stress may play a significant role in increasing the body's requirement for a range of nutrients such as vitamins A, C, E and B complex and minerals magnesium, potassium, zinc, calcium and amino acids. Magnesium is called the anti anxiety mineral for a good reason. Anxiety is a common symptom of deficiency.

Adenosine is the radioactive tracer that they inject into your artery for the nuclear stress test. This link explains the test very well: http://my.clevelandclinic.org/heart/services/tests/nuclear/adenosine.aspx Good luck!

To do only 3 METs on a treadmill is a good indication the patient cannot withstand the stress of a surgical operation. Also .good information for physiological rehabilation for heart patients as well as respiratory patients, etc. The MET numerical values are for an example only.

I have had these tests before and it will be fine and 2 weeks later I am being rushed to emergency for stents. Why did this not show on stress test? They are expensive. Thank You for your help!

For example the inferior wall can commonly be affected by an artifact that appears on the scan from the stomach. For this reason, patients with abnormal stress tests will often be scheduled for further testing with something like a heart catheterization in order to provide a definitive answer.

I have had all bloodwork, sonogram, and biopsy. The nurse forgot to make an apt last month for a stress test the Hepa ordered so now it will be another month before the Cardiologist can see me. My question is: Does everyone have a stress test before starting treatment? I am 56 and in good health, weight, and somewhat athletic. Is a stress test necessary? I am Genotype 2b; I only have to do six months SOC and was hoping to finish treatment before summer.

I am scheduled for a thallium stress test, and would like to know how the use of viagra or nitro prior to the test would influance the results.

The stress test was stopped while monitoring your system and that almost always indicates there is evidence of ischemia (lack of adequate blood flow) and may be the result of vessel occlusion, and sometime it is evidence of an old heart attack The test is not very reliable for the conditions named, however, it is considered unsafe to continue without the possibility of injury. If you felt a little pressure in the chest that would be additional evidence for some blockage.

The only time you get screened for Downs syndrome IS while you are pregnant. In Australia they take your blood and test it, then you have an Ultrasound they combine both the blood work and the Ultrasound and then calculate the risk of your baby having Downs. I am 42 and passed with flying colours. All the best.

I don't think I'd do a nuclear stress test for my primary care doctor. He's a pretty sharp kid, but I'd have to say totally unqualified in the nuclear stress test area. From the experience I've had with these tests, I would doubt that a PCP would even have access to the needed equipment.

the dubotomine stress test prior to the stenting said it showed positive for ischemia affecting heart wall in three places. EF was 70.19%. What was notable about this test was that I am perfectly normal at low and medium dose of the dubotamine. Maybe I should lust live like that - low and medium pulse? All the grim looking stats came at high dose with pulse at 120. That's high for an 81-year-old? It would take me a fair sprint along the road to get it up to that level.

I just don't like the idea that because a person has PVC's, the doctor writes it off as anxiety and wants to throw pills at you. Yes, I admit, I have a strong aversion to pills but when a patient asks for some solid information and explanations and just gets a prescription handed over and told it's all in your head, that just frosts my cookies. Enough of my rant. I'm trying to remember your other post.

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.

Some doctors recommend it for their patients. Some still use the older blood tests for defect screening. I think DNA is more accurate. The blood tests just tells you if your baby is at low/med/high risk for defect but not whether the baby has defects or not. Plus side is you get to find out the sex of the baby way earlier too. You don’t have to wait until the 20 week ultrasound. And ultrasounds can still be wrong.

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