What is an Exercise Stress Test (stress ECG)?
Why do I need a stress test? A stress test, sometimes called a treadmill test or exercise test, helps your doctor find out how well your heart handles work. As your body works harder during the test, it requires more fuel and your heart has to pump more blood. The test can show if there’s a lack of blood supply through the arteries that go to the heart. Taking a stress test can also help your doctor know the kind and level of exercise that is right for you. What happens during the test? During the test you are hooked up to equipment to monitor your heart. You will walk on the treadmill, t he treadmill will speed up to make you walk faster and also tilt so you feel you are going uphill. You can stop the test at any time if you need to. After the test you will sit or lie down and you heart and blood pressure will be checked. What is monitored during the test? During the test your heart rate, your breathing, your blood pressure, your electrocardiogram (ECG or EKG) and how tired you feel w
