Cardiovascular Stress Test (TMT) in Kota

The Cardiovascular Stress Test (TMT / Treadmill Test) evaluates how well your heart functions under progressively increasing physical exertion. Many coronary artery blockages remain silent at rest but reveal significant ischemic changes during exercise when heart muscle oxygen demand rises. Shri Vinayak Hospital Kota provides computerized Bruce-protocol TMT under continuous cardiologist monitoring.

Clinical Indications for a Treadmill Test:

• Investigating atypical chest pain, breathlessness, or fatigue occurring during walking or stair-climbing.
• Screening high-risk asymptomatic individuals (smokers, diabetics, hypertensive patients, executive health check-ups).
• Determining safe exercise limits following Angioplasty or coronary bypass surgery.
• Assessing functional severity of known coronary artery disease and heart rhythm stability.

How the Test is Conducted

You will walk on a motorized treadmill while your blood pressure, heart rate, and 12-lead ECG are monitored continuously. The speed and elevation of the treadmill increase every 3 minutes. If inducible ischemia (ST depression) or angina occurs, the test is stopped and our cardiologist evaluates whether a definitive diagnostic Coronary Angiography is recommended.