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Is There Any Other Test Than Treadmill Test While Being Due To Have Angioplasty With History Of Heart Attack?

My husband has a pcv license but is due to have a angioplasty on his legs because he has painful numb toes and suffers from cramp in his calves, He had a heart attack back in 2004 and stents in 2005 but has been fine until 2012 when he started having cramp and was unable to walk very far my concern is what if he cant do the treadmill is there any other test he can do other than the treadmill to get his license back.
Tue, 9 Jun 2015
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Ya, you can go for pharmacological stress test, that is dobutamine /adenosine stress test instead of treadmill test if he can it walk and it will be considered valid, also thallium scan is a better alternative if available
Regards Dr priyank mody
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Is There Any Other Test Than Treadmill Test While Being Due To Have Angioplasty With History Of Heart Attack?

Ya, you can go for pharmacological stress test, that is dobutamine /adenosine stress test instead of treadmill test if he can it walk and it will be considered valid, also thallium scan is a better alternative if available Regards Dr priyank mody