Stress tests are tests of the cardiovascular system performed at the New York Cardiac Diagnostic Center in Manhattan under the supervision of a doctor during a time of exercise and increased demand. Cardiac stress tests measure exercise capacity and identify abnormal exercise responses. Stress tests are performed in a variety of ways, depending on the individual's age, history, symptoms, and risk factors.
What Is a Stress Test?
Heart stress tests are diagnostic tests designed to evaluate the heart’s performance under physical conditions such as exercise by measuring heart rate and blood pressure. Cardiac stress testing, which includes electrocardiogram monitoring, is extremely useful in determining how well your heart can pump blood, measuring the amount of blood that circulates through your heart during physical activity, and determining whether you have any blockages that may put you at risk for a heart attack.
Who Needs Stress Testing?
A stress test for heart evaluation may be used to assess symptoms typically related to heart disease, determine how well a patient is recovering from a heart condition, or monitor treatment progress. Your heart doctor in NYC can also use a cardiac stress test to adjust current heart failure treatment or evaluate arrhythmias. They are also recommended for patients with heart disease prior to surgery or starting exercise programs.
Heart stress tests are also performed in individuals with chest discomfort, heart palpitations, indigestion, shortness of breath, a history of smoking, high blood pressure, diabetes, a family history of heart disease, high cholesterol, or an abnormal level of blood lipids, and those with dizziness.
Do you have any questions for the best-in-class NYC cardiologist? Would you like to schedule a consultation or appointment for a Cardiac Stress Test? Please feel free to contact Dr. Steven Reisman of the New York Cardiac Diagnostic Center and indicate which NYC office (Upper East Side, Midtown Manhattan, or Wall Street / Financial District) you would like to see the cardiologist for a cardiac consultation.