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How does a stress echo go?
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STRESS ECHO: Echocardiogram is an ultrasoung exam of your heart, which detects the anatomy and functioning of your heart.Stress echo is same test done after exercise on a treadmill or on bicycle, if you can not do exercise they inject Dobutamine iv, all these to increse your heart rate to meximum, and see any part of your heart muscle is not getting enough blood supply or oxygen as heart rate increses.
Answered 10/3/2016
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