According to Merrill H. Stewart, MD, Ochsner Health, the test can more accurately identify high-risk patients while helping others avoid unnecessary invasive procedures.

University of Texas at Arlington researcher Michael Nelson doesn't recall the specifics of the presentation, but he remembers ...

The Federal Reserve and banking trade groups agreed to pause litigation over the stress testing process for big banks while ...

Heart disease is the most lethal disease in America, according to the American Heart Association—killing 2,500 people per day, or one person every 34 seconds. The growing prevalence of obesity, high ...

Knowing if a patient has elevated stress hormones can provide useful diagnostic ... a patient is in need of immediate care.” “A new home test kit to screen or monitor the elevation of cardiac ...

Stress tests are common medical procedures that can reveal how well your heart functions when it's working hard to pump blood through your body. They can be used to determine your cardiovascular ...

With a standard cardiac stress test, healthcare professionals will monitor the heart’s electrical activity with an EKG. With a nuclear stress test, healthcare professionals also inject the ...

One of the strongest predictors of long-term mortality among patients undergoing a cardiac stress test is the need for a pharmacologic versus treadmill test, new data show. Moreover, although the risk ...

This test involves exercising ... heart's activity is monitored through an ECG (electrocardiogram). The goal is to assess how your heart responds to physical stress. It helps detect coronary ...

KY3's Jackie Garrity and the Springfield Police Department's Cris Swaters discuss the 100 deadliest days. Summer is when police work the most crashes involving teenagers. BLUE ALERT: Police ...

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (KY3)—Mercy Springfield has a new test to improve cardiac testing for patients. When it comes to cardiac stress tests, most people are familiar with the two most common ways ...

Dear Dr. Roach: My 85-year-old mother-in-law had a mild heart attack a few days ago. She didn’t immediately take the nitroglycerin she had on hand. She has a pacemaker, and it reported the ...