Stress testing may be done for several reasons, but the most common is to determine whether there are blockages in the ...

In this case, the exercise stress test is converted to a pharmacologic stress test. A medication, such as dobutamine, is given to make the heart beat faster and stronger until the adequate ...

Despite trying hard, some people cannot get their heart rate and blood pressure high enough where the stress test can diagnose heart disease. In this case, a medication, such as dobutamine ...

The patients with TSC fulfilled the Mayo Clinic criteria for TSC.9 All patients with TSC were investigated with dobutamine stress tests focusing on non-invasive CFR, performed more than 6 months after ...

A paired 2-tailed Student t test was used for comparing the baseline and dobutamine-stress measurements and then again for the repeated measurements in the same mouse. A P value of less than 0.05 ...

Every year the Federal Reserve conducts a stress test on about 30 U.S. banks to evaluate their ability to withstand economic crises, using hypothetical scenarios such as when the unemployment rate ...

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

A couple of my friends in similar situations took the nuclear stress test (due to age and diabetes); one ended up with two stents, and another underwent triple bypass surgery. Neither had any ...

The U.S. Federal Reserve said on Monday it was considering major changes to its annual bank "stress tests" in light of recent ...