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What should i expect when i go in for a stress test?
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Physically demanding: A stress test is physically demanding. So take adequate rest the night before, wear comfortable clothes and comfortable walking shoes.
Answered 5/18/2013
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BriefIntenseExercise: The goal, based on evidence from early 1960s, is to push you heart rate all to way to max, briefly. ~230-age an approximation. During each heart beat the heart blocks its own blood supply & as heart rate increases, time between beats gets shorter faster than the rate goes up. Yet blood needed ↑es with ↑ blood pressure. If pushed high enough, severe narrowings limit blood flow & ekg changes occur.
Answered 12/9/2013
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