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Stress Testing

• Exercise Stress Test

  Preparing for an Exercise Stress Test

  • Nothing to eat or drink for six hours prior to your exam.
  • Wear comfortable clothing and rubber-soled shoes.
• Exercise or Adenosine Nuclear Scan

  Preparing for an Exercise or Adenosine Nuclear Scan

  • Nothing to eat or drink for six hours prior to your exam.
  • No caffeine (coffee, tea, chocolate, etc.) for 24 hours prior to your exam. Also no decaffeinated tea or coffee.
  • If you are on a beta-blocker or channel-blocker please check with your physician. We would like to have you off this medication for 48 hours prior to your exam.
  • Wear comfortable clothing and rubber-soled shoes.
• Exercise Stress Echo

  Preparing for an Exercise Stress Echo

  • Nothing to eat or drink for six hours prior to your exam.
  • Wear comfortable clothing and rubber-soled shoes.
• Dobutamine Stress Echo

  Preparing for a Dobutamine Stress Echo

  • Nothing to eat or drink for six hours prior to your exam.

Echocardiography

• Transthoracic Echo or Transthoracic Echo with Bubble Study

  Preparing for a Transthoracic Echo

  Preparing for a Transthoracic Echo with Bubble Study

  No special preparation required.

• Transesophageal Echo

  Preparing for a Transesophageal Echo

  Please call the office for instructions.

• Carotid Doppler

  Preparing for a Carotid Doppler

  No special preparation required.

Arrhythmia Monitoring

• Holter Monitors

  Preparing for a Holter Monitor

  No special preparation required.

• Event Monitors

  Preparing for an Event Monitor

  No special preparation required.