STRESS TEST

Question 1

Indications for treadmill testing?

Answer 1

Symptoms suggesting myocardial ischemia
Acute chest pain in patients excluded for acute coronary syndrome (ACS)
Recent ACS treated without coronary angiography or incomplete revascularization
Known CAD with worsening symptoms
Prior coronary revascularization (5 years or longer after coronary artery bypass grafting [CABG] or two years or less after percutaneous coronary intervention [PCI])
Valvular heart disease (to assess exercise capacity and need for surgical intervention)
Certain cardiac arrhythmias to assess chronotropic competence
Newly diagnosed heart failure or cardiomyopathy