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TMT Test in Ahmedabad | sanginihospital.com
TMT Test in Ahmedabad | sanginihospital.com
Everyone,after age of 50 should undergo TMT as a part of cardiac health check up. Ifnormal, it should be repeated once every 3 years.

TMT Test in Ahmedabad

Incidenceof sudden cardiac death is rising in society rapidly. Age of incidence isreducing day by day. Now is a day when doctors are seeing young people havingheart attacks and sudden cardiac deaths. Increasing incidence ofatherosclerotic diseases have made it necessary to do preventive cardiac healthcheck ups.

 

Whoshould get TMT done ?

 

Everyone,after age of 50 should undergo TMT as a part of cardiac health check up. Ifnormal, it should be repeated once every 3 years. Those who had previous heartattacks or have undergone cardiac revascularization should get it done once ayear for prognosis. People having significant cardiovascular risk factors likeobesity, sedentary lifestyle, diabetes, hypertension, hyperlipidemia should getit checked at early age.

 

Howis treadmill test done ?

 

Personshould preferably avoid solid food for four hours. Plain water is allowed.Caffeine should be avoided 12 hours prior. Chest leads are applied and aftertaking vital signs, one has to walk on treadmill machine. Speed and slopeincrease gradually and ECG is constantly being monitored. Vital signs are checkedperiodically. Test can be stopped when Target heart rate is achieved. Targetheart rate is measured as 220 – Age. If a person achieves 85 % of heart ratewithout significant ECG changes, test can be termed negative. Treadmill shouldbe stopped when patient develops chest pain, severe breathlesness, significantfatigue or develops significant ECG changes like ST depression of 2 mm orarrhythmia.

 

Whatdoes positive and negative TMT mean ?

 

Chancesof significant coronary artery disease is very high if TMT is stronglypositive. Those having mile positive test should undergo risk modificationslike avoiding smoking, controlling BP and sugar, normalising cholesterol andrepeating test after 3 months. Negative TMT rules out significant coronaryartery disease in most of the cases. 10 % people have significant coronaryartery disease and negative TMT.

 

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