Before a stress test, you’ll need to avoid food, drink, tobacco, and caffeine for a time. You may also have to stop taking some medications. Your doctor will provide information specific to you, but ...

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 recent study published in Mayo Clinic Proceedings has shown that the results of the exercise stress test, a common test that uses a treadmill and electrocardiogram to measure fitness, can predict ...