A stress test measures how well your heart works when put under stress. It is ordered to assess exercise tolerance, see if your heart can respond to demands, or test if heart medications are working.

A new study demonstrates life-saving benefits of consistent exercise. People who can exercise sufficiently on a treadmill during cardiac stress testing have a lower mortality risk regardless of their ...

Stress testing results—no matter the modality used to obtain them—predict prognosis among patients with stable, moderate-to-severe CAD, new data from the ISCHEMIA trial suggest. The study, published ...