True or false
The most effective way of stress testing is to use the arm ergometer.
What is False?
The most common and effective way to do a stress test is to use the treadmill.
This EKG change is the most diagnostic for myocardial ischemia during an exercise stress test.
What is ST segment depression > or = to 1mm or more?
This measures the intensity of exercise during a stress test and increases in every stage.
What are METS, Metabolic Equivalent?
I'm a 60-year-old female, I can change these risk factors.
What is unchangeable risk factors.
I am the 70% target heart rate for a 67-year-old.
What is 107 bpm?
Women have a higher incidence of False Positive Stress tests.
What is true?
When ordering a stress test, you must have at least 2 sets of _____________ before you can schedule the test for inpatients.
What are Cardiac enzymes? Troponins
During my stress test the systolic blood pressure increased, is it true this should happen?
Systolic blood pressure should increase.
This is the formula commonly used to estimate maximum heart rate during exercise stress testing.
What is 220-age?
This term describes a tests ability to correctly identify patients who don't have coronary artery disease.
What is Specificity?
I live a sedentary lifestyle and my cholesterol is very high.
What is a changeable risk factor?
I am the 85% target heart rate for a 67-year-old.
What is 130 bpm
I must be present in the lab before any stress test can be started. I am life saving equipment.
What is a crash cart?
During my stress test my diastolic blood pressure significantly rose, it's supposed to rise.
What is false?
It should stay the same or decrease a little.
I am 67 years old and my heart rate went up to 153 bpm, this is my __________ % target heart rate.
What is 100% maximum target heart rate?
This term describes a tests ability to correctly detect patients who have coronary artery disease.
What is sensitivity?
I have a strong family history of heart disease.
What is cannot be changed.
I am 100% target heart rate for a 75-year-old.
What is 145 bpm.
This is a class of drugs that could blunt your heart rate response during a stress test.
What are beta blockers?
The minimum heart rate should reach a minimum of 85% for a maximal heart rate.
What is true?
Patient has Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, the doctor ordered a dobutamine stress test, is this the correct test for a patient with COPD?
Yes, dobutamine would be ordered for a patient with COPD. Adenosine or Lexiscan would be a contraindication.
I am the type of stress test that would be ordered if I had a baseline Left Bundle Branch Block.
What is Pharmacological Nuclear stress test?
My sugar runs high and I have been diagnosed with Type II Diabetes mellitus.
What is can be changed?
My target heart rate is 190 bpm, how old am I?
What is 30 years old?
220-190=30
Imaging and Stress are components of _________________ stress testing.
What are components of nuclear stress testing?
The submaximal heart rate achieved is 60%.
What is false?
Submaximal is 70%.
The ___________ Bruce is ordered as a submaximal stress test.
What is Modified Bruce?
I am the type of angina that causes a coronary spasm.
What is Prinz Metal?
Doctor says I have to quit smoking that it is clogging my arteries. This is a strong risk factor for CAD.
What is can be changed?
i am 56 years old and my 60% heart rate is _________.
What is 98 bpm?
These resting ECG patterns make analysis of the ST-segment unreliable to diagnose ischemia.
What is LVH, RVH, RBBB &LBBB?