I will be getting oreder a stress test due to heart palpatations. What does a stress test consist of ? What will I be doing during a stress test for my heart ?
2007-03-14 16:52:32 · 7 answers · asked by MizzSweetness 3 in Health ➔ Diseases & Conditions ➔ Heart Diseases
A person taking the test is hooked up to equipment to monitor the heart, walks slowly in place on a treadmill. Then the speed is increased for a faster pace and the treadmill is tilted to produce the effect of going up a small hill. May be asked to breathe into a tube for a couple of minutes. can stop the test at any time if needed. afterwards will sit or lie down to have their heart and blood pressure checked. Heart rate, breathing, blood pressure, electrocardiogram (e-lek"tro-KAR'de-o-gram) (ECG or EKG), and how tired you feel are monitored during the test.
Healthy people who take the test are at very little risk. It's about the same as if they walk fast or jog up a big hill. Medical professionals should be present in case something unusual happens during the test.
There is also a Thallium Stress Test - When the patient reaches his or her maximum level of exercise, a small amount of a radioactive substance called thallium is injected into the bloodstream. Then the patient lies down on a special table under a camera ("gamma camera") that can see the thallium and make pictures. The thallium mixes with the blood in the bloodstream and heart's arteries and enters heart muscle cells. If a part of the heart muscle doesn't receive a normal blood supply, less than a normal amount of thallium will be in those heart muscle cells.
In addition, there is a chemical test that may be done for persons who canno walkt for a long enough period of time
2007-03-14 17:03:49 · answer #1 · answered by Gone 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
For a stress test, you most likely will be walking on a treadmill, hooked up to monitors to see if your heart rhythm changes during the test. If you are not on a treadmill then the other kind of stress test is you can have an IV started in one of your veins and the MD can inject you with medication can makes your heart feel like it is "exercising." Don't worry about either one, they are simple. I used to assist with these tests all the time.
2007-03-14 17:00:31 · answer #2 · answered by I do what I want.. 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It could be on the tread mill or drug induced. Then they generally take pictures of the heart. Mine was all done in DR's office. They give you some kind of injection for the drug induced test and another injection for the pictures.The whole thing took about one and one half hours.
2007-03-15 02:41:37 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
you will probably be wlaking on a treadmill with electrodess attached to your chest to measure your hearts electical currents- you dont get shocked or anything from that- it just measures your hearts activities- they will probably increase the exercise level (thus the name stress) to stress your heart and then record the activity of the heart then also. good luck. hope i answered.
2007-03-14 16:59:01 · answer #4 · answered by richard w 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
You'll be on a treadmill, and they will gradually increase the incline, all the while monitoring the heart.
Good Luck.
2007-03-14 16:56:47 · answer #5 · answered by ninamcguinness 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The only advice I can give you is to not stress out over this test.
2007-03-14 16:55:33 · answer #6 · answered by j_son_06 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
walking on a machine for three minutes' increased speed three more minutes and at a faster rate for another three minutes while being hooked up to a heart monitor do not be worried about it
2007-03-15 03:39:54 · answer #7 · answered by chaluppa 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋