Is It Safe To Do Treadmill While Having Pacemaker?

Posted on Mon, 2 Mar 2015

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Question : I'm female, 70 and have heart issues. I'm under the care of a cardiolgist for many years. I have been ordered to have yet another stress test. I have a pacer so I don't do the treadmill but the chemical one which I hate. Every test comes back negative and I've been told that for women stress test are a waste of time because they always come back negative. Should I or not?

Answered by Dr. Gaurav Prajapati (1 hour later)

Brief Answer:
you need to do stress test

Detailed Answer:
HI dear,

Thank you for your Query.

As you are having heart issues and your all tests comes negative so chances of result of stress test might be negative .

As you are having pacemaker so treadmill is not advisable.
Chemical test which you don't like may not be sufficient to know actual condition of heart in stressful condition.

stress test is the only way through which one can see the actual condition in stress.

If it comes negative then you will not need to other tests also.
As your age is also 70 years so you need to do stress test once.
Discuss with your treating cardiologist for the same.

Thank you .

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