5 POINTS TO KNOW ABOUT THE STRESS TEST

The stress test is one of the key diagnostic tests in cardiology. Many cardiac pathologies only appear during exercise. It is performed with a cardiologist.

WHAT IS IT?

An examination that is performed in order to record the reaction of your heart during sustained physical exercise.

HOW DOES IT WORK?

Exercise is used to "stress the heart" to make it beat faster to see if blood is flowing normally to the heart. Exercises can be performed on a patient such as walking on a treadmill or riding a bicycle.

WHAT IS THE PURPOSE?

It can be used to identify coronary artery disease such as chest pain, low blood pressure or a myocardial infarction known as a heart attack.

It can also distinguish heart disease from lung disorders, anemia, and general poor physical fitness.

WHY PRESCRIBE A STRESS TEST?

• To determine the exact cause of chest pain
• Distinguish heart disease from pulmonary disorders, anemia, and general poor physical fitness.
• Determine if the heart rhythm is too fast (tachycardia), too slow (bradycardia) or irregular (fibrillation).
• Evaluate the progression of the disease in the case of coronary artery disease
• Evaluate the quality of physical activity that you can do
• Check the effectiveness and effects of the various treatments
• Evaluate your ability to practice sports after the age of 40

WHO IS IT FOR?

• Sportsmen and women: sports fitness visit
• People with cardiovascular abnormalities (palpitations, abnormal shortness of breath, chest pain,...)
• People with one or more risk factors for heart disease

(Family history, hypercholesterolemia, hypertension, smoking, etc.)

• Sedentary person who decides to start or resume sports