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@gem-boy-g wrote:

what does a stress test involve?

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Being hooked up to a cardiograph machine (little sticky things on your chest) walking on a machine and adjusting the speed up to as fast as you can go to see if you have any shortness of breath or pain in the chest. Also blood tests.

If you suffer any symtoms then you have an angiogram and if they find any blocked arteries you have a choice to have stent/s or by pass surgery.

Apparently ( according the the cardio surgeon) your arteries start to harden at a younger age but if you don't care for yourself and not eat correctly, smoke or drink to excess and also excersise the arteries can "clog up"

I am sure if doctors referred every patient over a certain age to a specialist who provides these tests the rate of heart attack may decrease.

I am now a believer.