Exercise Testing is a test applied by a cardiologist or a corresponding technician to test effects of exercise on the heart.
During the test, electrical activity of the patient's heart is recorded and analyzed on a computer, while the patient is walking or running on a treadmill. This test measures reaction of the heart to increasing need of the body for oxygen. The test is continued until targeted heart rate is reached or the moment when the patient says s/he can no longer continue.
Exercise Testing is used to:
Determine exercise capacity
Test if chest pains are caused by a heat disease or not
Reveal coronary artery diseases which don't show symptoms
Check patients who underwent by-pass surgery
Check patients to whom a stent has been implanted,
Monitor course of blood pressure in patients with hypertension
Investigate relationship between arrhythmias and physical activity
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