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to Cardio Respiratory 15 minutes prior to your appointment.
Please bring your Health Card to your appointment.
Phone: (807) 684-6680
Regular Stress Test: Proceed to Cardio/Respiratory
Services 15 minutes prior to your scheduled appointment. This test will take
approximately 1 hour.
Nuclear Stress Test: Proceed to Cardio/Respiratory
Services 15 minutes prior to your scheduled appointment. This test will take
approximately 4-5 hours.
- Medication – Please take your medication as usual
unless your doctor tells you otherwise. PLEASE BRING ALL MEDICATIONS
THAT YOU PRESENTLY TAKE WITH YOU TO THE TEST.
- Wearing Apparel – Wear or bring clothing appropriate
for exercise – loose fitting top and pants and comfortable rubber-soled
flat shoes (ie. Runners).
- Diet – Stimulants such as alcohol, and liquids containing
caffeine such as coffee, tea, cola, must be avoided 24 hours prior to the
test. You are not allowed to eat anything after midnight prior to
a nuclear stress test.
- Other - Be prepared to answer questions about allergies,
smoking history, and the name of your family physician.
The test results will be sent to your physician. To obtain results, contact
your physician.
- For a Nuclear Stress Test an intravenous will be started on you and you will be injected with a dye.
- You will wait 60 minutes and then have pictures of your heart which will take about 15 minutes.
- Staff will then direct you back to the Stress Test Lab where an exercise test will be conducted.
- The exercise test consists of walking on a moving treadmill (rather like walking uphill). You will be connected to a machine that will monitor your heart’s response to exercise. Your blood pressure, heart rate, and electrocardiogram will be followed closely throughout the test by the Respiratory Therapist and Physician.
- At three minute intervals, the treadmill’s speed and slope will be increased. These increases continue until you reach the anticipated heart rate for your age. An injection of Cardiolite through the intravenous line will be given to you at this time.
- If you experience chest pain, breathlessness, weakness, fatigue or dizziness, you must notify the staff present and the test will be terminated. A Respiratory Therapist and a Physician will be in attendance during this test.
- Further pictures are taken 30 minutes after the treadmill tests.
- This exercise test consists of walking on a moving treadmill that is attached to a cardiac machine that will monitor your heart’s response to exercise. Your blood pressure, heart rate, and cardiogram will be followed closely throughout the test by the Respiratory Therapist and Physician.
- At three minute intervals, the treadmill’s speed and slope will be increased. These increases will continue until you reach the anticipated heart rate for your age.
- If you experience chest pain, breathlessness, weakness, fatigue or dizziness, you must notify the staff present and the test will be terminated. A Respiratory Therapist and a Physician will be in attendance during this test.
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