If Stress Tests Are So Important, Why Did They Stop For COVID-19?

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ABOUT THIS VIDEO: For decades, cardiac stress tests have been a go-to test for detecting heart disease. However, in the past couple of months, stress tests as well as other elective tests & procedures were deferred as attention was put into controlling the coronavirus. Does this mean stress tests aren't really necessary?

Chapters
0:00 Introduction & announcements
11:50 Special section: Improving health literacy in older adults (part 3)
14:33 Are cardiac stress tests necessary?
20:02 Are bypass surgery & stents in arteries necessary? (The COURAGE, ORBITA, ISCHEMIA trials)
24:49 How COVID-19 affected stress testing, stents, & bypass surgery?
27:38 Q&A section

For more readings on the subject of stress tests:
- https://prevmedhealth.com/what-a-stress-test-can-and-cant-tell-you
- https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/questions-grow-about-the-need-for-cardiac-stress-tests/2020/06/12/7ae26aee-a5c1-11ea-b473-04905b1af82b_story.html
- https://www.nejm.org/do/10.1056/NEJMdo005704/full

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