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What is Cardiac Stress Test?

A cardiac stress test is used to evaluate the heart and vascular system during exercise. It assesses if signs or symptoms of heart disease become apparent when the heart is stressed and if underlying heart disease is evident, help to determine the severity so treatment options can be considered.

Reported Purpose & Efficacy

Reasons and Efficacy
Purpose # of patients
# of patients with evaluations Efficacy
Major
Moderate
Slight
None
Can’t tell
upper chest pain 6 2 Efficacy_major Efficacy_cant_tell
PVC (Premature Ventricular Contractions) 1 1 Efficacy_cant_tell
Sarcoidosis & CHF 1 1 Efficacy_major
MVP 1 0
SVT (Supraventricular Tachycardia) 1 1 Efficacy_cant_tell
Unexplained syncopy episode 1 0

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Reported Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
 2
Moderate
 0
Mild
 0
None
 1

Commonly reported side effects, conditions, and hospitalizations associated with Cardiac Stress Test

Hospitalization 3
Chest pain 1
Heart palpitations 1
Pain 1
Passed out 1
Hospitalization 1
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Reported Adherence, Burden & Cost See details from patient evaluations ▼

Adherence

Taking treatment as prescribed

Adherence of Cardiac Stress Test

Always
 2 67%
Usually
 0 0%
Sometimes
 0 0%
Never
 1 33%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Burden of Cardiac Stress Test

Very
 1 33%
Somewhat
 1 33%
A little
 1 33%
Not at all
 0 0%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

Cost of Cardiac Stress Test

$200+
 1 100%
$100-199
 0 0%
$50-99
 0 0%
$25-49
 0 0%
< $25
 0 0%

Report created on May 24, 2012.