Stress tests are performed by heart doctors in Long Island to determine the amount of stress that your heart can take before it develops an abnormal rhythm or decreased blood flow to the heart muscle.
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Exercise stress tests, also known as a clinical exercise stress test, or a cardiac stress test are the most commonly performed stress tests that provide information on how the heart responds when it is exerted. As your body works harder during the test, the demand for oxygen increases and more blood needs to be pumped. In patients with blocked arteries, this increased demand cannot be met, resulting in symptoms such breathlessness, chest pains and dizzy spells. Any change to the readings that occurs during or after the exercise period indicates an abnormality in the flow of blood to the heart muscle.
Your Long Island cardiologist will place EKG electrodes on your chest to monitor the performance of the heart and apply a blood pressure cuff to the arm to measure your blood pressure. A baseline reading for an echocardiogram, EKG and blood pressure is taken at rest. Exercise is then started on a treadmill that gradually increases in incline and speed. The treadmill is stopped when the patient’s heart rate exceeds 85% of the target rate or the patient develops symptoms. The EKG recordings are taken every minute during exercise and after exercise are stopped. Blood pressure readings are taken every three minutes during exercise and then again at rest. An echocardiogram is performed immediately after exercise.
The entire test takes about 60 minutes and depending upon the results, your vascular doctor in Long Island may or may not order further tests.
An exercise stress test can help us to determine if you have a number of potentially serious issues with your heart. These issues include coronary artery disease, and abnormal heart rhythms. For many, it is helpful to perform an exercise stress test to help to determine a safe exercise program, in terms of how hard the heart can be pushed or stressed. If you have any other questions or concerns, feel free to voice them with our doctors during your consultation.
An exercise stress test can help us to get a better view of how your heart responds to working hard or physical exertion. The readings we get during and after exercise can help us put together a preventative cardiology plan for you individually, and even help to determine a safe exercise routine in terms of how much you can exert yourself.
Yes, getting an Exercise Stress Test at our facility is safe, as we only do these tests on individuals under the watchful eye of our trained cardiologists. All tests that we perform at Rybstein Medical are safe because we make note of all medical history that is relevant to each case. When we recommend tests to perform on an individual, we are making our expert recommendation based on our many years of experience in preventative cardiology.
All cardiac tests are useful for different reasons, but exercise stress tests are unique for getting a good picture of heart health during exertion. Performing an exercise stress test can help our doctors to determine any other cardiac tests that might be necessary to get a full understanding of the condition your heart is in.
Our state of the art facility in West Babylon is fully equipped to perform exercise stress tests on individuals under the watchful eye of our experienced cardiologists. We are a leading provider of exercise stress tests in the area, as well as other cardiac tests like Holter Monitor Tests, Nuclear Stress Tests, and EKG’s. Contact us to set up a consultation with our experienced cardiology experts.