stress tests

stress tests
any of various tests that assess cardiovascular health and function after application of a stress to the heart, usually exercise but sometimes others such as atrial pacing, the cold pressor test, or specific drugs. Subjects are monitored electrocardiographically, symptomatically, by blood pressure and heart rate, and often by recordings of ventilation and tidal volume recordings as well as other applicable noninvasive or invasive methods. See also exercise t's.

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