Stress testing can help determine which patients are likely to benefit from heart procedures to improve survival

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Stress testing can help determine which patients are likely to benefit from heart procedures to improve survival

Patients identified by nuclear stress testing as having severe stress-induced myocardial ischemia (lack of blood flow to the heart) are likely to benefit from heart bypass surgery or angioplasty, while those with mild or no ischemia are not, according to a new study from the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai.

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