What a Stress Test Can (and Can't) Tell You

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ABOUT THIS VIDEO: Stress tests are the go-to measurement for arterial plaque. Its supposed goal is to predict a heart attack. Unfortunately and ironically, stress tests don’t measure plaque—they only measure blood flow. Let’s describe what a stress test can and cannot tell you in this video.

Chapters
0:00 Introduction & announcements
7:39 COVID-19 surge, small gatherings, holidays, & masks
14:54 Cardiac stress test & types (stress ECG, stress echo, nuclear stress testing)
17:46 What a stress test can tell you
19:06 Why a stress test can't reliably predict a heart attack
21:36 How accurate are stress tests
23:47 Atherosclerosis & markers of CV disease
31:42 Positive stress test leads to the cath lab then stents in arteries
34:54 Q&A portion

Read our latest article about stress here: https://prevmedhealth.com/what-a-stress-test-can-and-cant-tell-you.

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ABOUT DR. BREWER:
Dr. Brewer started as an Emergency Doctor. After seeing too many preventable heart attacks, he went to Johns Hopkins to learn Preventive Medicine. While there, he went on the run the post-graduate training program (residency) in Preventive Medicine. From there, he made a career of practicing and managing preventive medicine and primary care clinics. His later role in this area was Chief Medical Officer for Premise, which has close to 1,000 primary care/prevention clinics. He was also the Chief Medical Officer for MDLIVE, the second largest telemedicine company. More recently, he founded PrevMed, a heart attack & stroke prevention clinic.

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