stress test for wheelchair 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.

Oh! I have a reclining wheelchair too! I love it, and absolutely agree with you that it's very helpful for Dysautonomia patients.

I am posting this question for a friend who has MS and is in a wheelchair. She has been losing bladder function. She went to a uro-gyn who suggested inserting a "pacemaker type implant" into the bladder to stimulate it and help her get bladder function to resume. He said the bladder implant would help her feel the sensation she needs to have so she can urinate when the bladder is full. Anyone hear of such an implant being used in MS patients??

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!

My father is not doing well, at all, my siblings are a big huge mess, and as for me, I am scared the wheelchair is my destiny, just as it was my mothers. Think I will go to bed, and hope to wake up with more strength.

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.

I also do after school activities, so I try to save most of my energy for after school. I was wondering tho, if I used a wheelchair most of the day, would I save enough energy to do after school activities and homewok and chores? I don't want a wheelchair of course, but if it gives me the energy i need, then should i try it? Opinions are welcome. Thank you P.S. I posted this same question on "Teen Issues", but I wasn't getting many responses.

I have been diagnosed with Muscular Dystrophy type 2 @ 18 months old. I had harrington rods placed in my back when i was 12 for scoliosis. I also have damage from a car accident in 2006. My baby tends to stay more on the right side of my tummy and its the right side of my lower back, into my hip and down that leg that is really starting to cause pain. I have been taking pain meds throughout my pregnancy because it was best for me. But its getting really bad.

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 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.

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