Stress Test - Dubai Cardiology Clinic

Stress Test

• This test is also referred to as Cardiac Diagnostic Test, Cardiopulmonary Exercise Test or CPX Test.
• This test is performed to check how the heart responds to external stress or physical activity in a controlled clinical environment.
• This kind of test can reveal if there is a problem in blood flow within the heart. It usually involves walking on a treadmill or riding a stationary bike where the patient is attached to a machine to monitor the heart rhythm during exercise. To know more about treadmill test costs in Dubai DRHC and for bookings call +97142798200.
• Before, during and after the test is performed, the patient's blood pressure, O2 Saturation, Breathing, Pulse and any symptoms that can occur is monitored.
• The test starts slow and progressively increases in speed to increase the difficulty of the test to be able to monitor any abnormalities in cardiac rhythm during the exercise test.

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• This test is recommended if the patient shows any signs or symptoms of Coronary Artery Disease or an Irregular Heart Rhythm (also known as Arrhythmia).
• This test can guide the doctor on how to deal with or to make a treatment course for the patient because this measure the effectiveness of the treatment or the severity of the heart condition of the patient.
• The test result can be interpreted as a reflection of the general physical condition of the patient and it can also assess the prognosis of the patient after a myocardial infarction (also known as heart attack).
  
  

Dubai Cardiology Clinic - Treatment of various cardiovascular diseases such as Hypertension, Ischemic heart disease, Holter monitoring, Heart failure, Stress test, chest pain and echocardiography are now available in DRHC.