Stress testing may be done for several reasons, but the most common is to determine whether there are blockages in the arteries in the heart that are severe enough to limit blood flow.

A stress test is a medical examination used to evaluate how the heart functions when it is under physical stress. It helps diagnose various heart conditions and assess the risk of heart disease.

but they do suggest that the test retains good diagnostic performance for CAD in older patients. Moreover, results were similar for pharmacologic and exercise stress testing linked to scintigraphy.

[2] Physicians interpreting dobutamine MRI stress tests must review the MRI images ... or the patient has received the maximum amount of pharmacologic stress, infusions are discontinued and ...