ANSWER: A stress test and a CT calcium score are both ways of evaluating a person for blockages in the arteries of the heart.

Also called an exercise stress echocardiogram, the stress test is designed to monitor the heart’s response to physical activity. Unlike the traditional echocardiogram, this procedure typically ...

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When ordering a stress test, the clinician has to decide how to stress the heart and how to get information from the heart. In people who can exercise (meaning they don’t have an orthopedic or ...

I had a comment about your recent column on nuclear stress tests. As an 87-year-old person who has experienced atrial ...