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What Does The Findings Of Bruce Protocol Exercise Suggest?
am 70 yrs old male and had bruce protocol exercise the findigs of whicg are: Good exercise capacity mild increased chronotropic response and good inotropic response slight depression of the ST-T segment = 1,0mm with fast recovery to normal. can you pls advise further what i hve to do? thnks n rgrds Sam Sersof
Fri, 6 Dec 2013
Dear Sir
Thanks for writing to us.
Exercise ECG is best interpreted by one who actually looks at the graph and is present at time of test.
This report says that the person has significant ST changes i.e. 1 mm with good exercise capacity. If patient remained asymptomatic during the test and ST response was up-slopping, no further evaluation is recommended in most cases after correlating with clinical scenario. However, if ST response was down-slopping or horizontal or patient had symptoms during stress, further evaluation is recommended.
Sincerely
Sukhvinder
Thanks for writing to us.
Exercise ECG is best interpreted by one who actually looks at the graph and is present at time of test.
This report says that the person has significant ST changes i.e. 1 mm with good exercise capacity. If patient remained asymptomatic during the test and ST response was up-slopping, no further evaluation is recommended in most cases after correlating with clinical scenario. However, if ST response was down-slopping or horizontal or patient had symptoms during stress, further evaluation is recommended.
Sincerely
Sukhvinder
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