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Originally Posted by pocketkangaroo
How come you do it once a year?
Also, do they give you the option of something other than a treadmill? My fucking knee (dislocated few years back) throbs when running on those things.
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I had a heart attack 3 years ago - now I have 4 stents. We do the stress test once per year as a precautionary measure. They inject me with a radioactive dye and look at the heart muscle/tissue. Your test won't involve any of that.
As far as your knee being an issue, it most likely won't be. I have a bum knee and get through the test just fine. You'll walk fast, but there won't be any running. If your knee prevents you from reaching the target zone they'd like to have, they can give you a shot of stuff that'll get your heart up to where they want it to be. I've never had to go that route though.