Stress testing results—no matter the modality used to obtain them—predict prognosis among patients with stable, moderate-to-severe CAD, new data from the ISCHEMIA trial suggest. The study, published ...

One of the strongest predictors of long-term mortality among patients undergoing a cardiac stress test is the need for a pharmacologic versus treadmill test, new data show. Moreover, although the risk ...

A new television in the cardiology stress lab at Selkirk Regional Health Centre is helping make cardiac testing a little less stressful for patients.

When Krishna Patel, MD, ordered a cardiac stress test for an 80-year-old patient, she did not expect how the move — the standard of care for patients with elevated coronary artery calcium — would ...

According to Merrill H. Stewart, MD, Ochsner Health, the test can more accurately identify high-risk patients while helping others avoid unnecessary invasive procedures. Cardiac positron emission ...