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• treadmill exercise test — (TET), treadmill stress test (TMST) any of various graded exercise tests in which the patient walks on an inclined treadmill, which is generally increased in speed and incline through the test; see also specific test protocols, e.g., Bruce… …   Medical dictionary

• stress test — n an electrocardiographic test of heart function before, during, and after a controlled period of increasingly strenuous exercise (as on a treadmill) …   Medical dictionary

• Cardiac stress test — Not to be confused with Cardiac arrest. Cardiac stress test Intervention A male patient walks on a stress test treadmill to have his heart s function checked ICD 9 CM …   Wikipedia

• stress test — noun a test measuring how a system functions when subjected to controlled amounts of stress • Hypernyms: ↑assay, ↑check • Hyponyms: ↑treadmill test * * * noun : an electrocardiographic test of heart function before, during, and after a controlled …   Useful english dictionary

• stress test — n. test carried out in a laboratory to determine the amount of wear or pressurea given product or material can bear; (Medicine) treadmill test, test in which a patient walks on a moving treadmill while the rates of heart beat and breathing are… …   English contemporary dictionary

• stress test — noun Date: 1975 an electrocardiographic test of heart function before, during, and after a controlled period of increasingly strenuous exercise (as on a treadmill) …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• thallium stress test — (for coronary artery disease) stress is placed on the cardiovascular system by exercising the patient on a treadmill or bicycle ergometer. Thallous chloride Tl 201 is injected intravenously when stress is maximal, just prior to exercise cessation …   Medical dictionary

• Stress testing, exercise cardiac — The exercise cardiac stress testing (ECST) is the most widely used cardiac (heart) screening test. The patient exercises on a treadmill according to a standardized protocol, with progressive increases in the speed and elevation of the treadmill… …   Medical dictionary

• Treadmill — A machine with a moving strip on which one walks without moving forward. A treadmill was originally a wide wheel turned by the weight of people climbing on steps around its edge, used in the past to provide power for machines or as a punishment… …   Medical dictionary

• treadmill test — noun a stress test in which the patient walks on a moving treadmill while the heart and breathing rates are monitored • Hypernyms: ↑stress test …   Useful english dictionary

• treadmill test — n. (Medicine) stress test, test in which a patient walks on a moving treadmill while the rates of heart beat and breathing are supervised …   English contemporary dictionary