What does "borderline positive stress test for inducible ischaemia" mean?
Patient: had a stress test. walked for 6 min 23 seconds Bruce Rotocol. test terminated when reached THR. achieved 87% of THR. moderate effort tolerance. horizontal downsloping ST depressions anterolaterally at peak & recovery. stress test borderline positive for inducible ischaemia at workloadnachived. i am a 54 year old woman. my weight is 60.9 kg. height 168 cm. have rAised total & ldl cholestoral levels (total 228.0 & LDL 151.3 mg/dl) what does all this mean? thanks Doctor: it means u are probably have coronary artery disease and you should see the cardiologist and further tests done like echocardiography, angiography, starts the medicine for the same