Stress Echocardiogram
A stress echocardiogram combines echocardiography – the use of ultrasound waves to create images of the heart chambers, valves and surrounding structures – with stress testing, the analysis of the heart's electrical activity and rhythms recorded on an EKG before, during and after exercising on a treadmill or bicycle.
The test screens for the presence of heart disease and may also be used to evaluate previous surgical procedures. Performed in the presence of a physician, the attending cardiologist will look for changes in the wall motion of the heart before and after the EKG.
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