Treadmill stress tests should not be part of “routine health check package”
Indian Heart J
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2018 Nov; 70(6): 934-936
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| IMSEAR
| ID: sea-191644
ABSTRACT
A treadmill ECG stress test (TMT) often forms part of the popular health check packages recommended for people who are asymptomatic on the premise that it can detect disease at an early stage and treatment be prescribed to prevent or reduce future morbidity and mortality. Such a recommendation does not take into account the properties of this procedure as a diagnostic test. It has an average sensitivity and specificity of 68% and 77%, respectively. However, these figures depend on the probability of coronary artery disease (CAD) in the test subject. In asymptomatic persons with few or no risk factors, the likelihood of a false positive is high and will result in psychological stress and/or expensive and possibly invasive test. Recommendation for a TMT should be made by a physician after evaluating the subject to have at least an intermediate risk of having CAD.
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Indian heart j
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2018
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