Getting a Stress Test? What a Stress Test Can (and Can’t) Tell You

Want to learn one of the basics of heart attack & stroke prevention... for free? Get free access to the CV inflammation course by completing this form: Learn how to predict & prevent heart attack & stroke: Learn how to reduce & reverse arterial plaque: -- ABOUT THIS VIDEO: Stress tests are the go-to measurement for arterial plaque. Its supposed goal is to predict a heart attack. Unfortunately and ironically, stress tests don’t measure plaque—they only measure blood flow. Let’s describe what a stress test can and cannot tell you in this video. Chapters 0:00 Cardiac stress test & types (stress ECG, stress echo, nuclear stress testing) 2:14 What a stress test can tell you 3:57 Why a stress test can’t reliably predict a heart attack 5:16 How accurate are stress tests 7:00 Check out PrevMed’s webinars (). Read our latest article about stress here: -- ABOUT DR. BREWER Dr. Brewer started as an Emergency Doctor. After seeing too many preventable heart attacks, he went to Johns Hopkins to learn Preventive Medicine. While there, he went on the run the post-graduate training program (residency) in Preventive Medicine. From there, he made a career of practicing and managing preventive medicine and primary care clinics. His later role in this area was Chief Medical Officer for Premise, which has close to 1,000 primary care/prevention clinics. He was also the Chief Medical Officer for MDLIVE, the second largest telemedicine company. More recently, he founded PrevMed, a heart attack, and stroke prevention clinic. At PrevMed, we focus on heart attack, stroke, and cognitive decline. We serve patients who have already experienced an event as well as those who have not developed a diagnosis or event. Dr. Brewer provides services via telemedicine or in person if you’re in the Lexington, KY area. We find a lot of undiagnosed Pre-Diabetes or Insulin Resistance. Treating unrecognized risk factors like Pre-Diabetes allows reduction of risk and prevention of disease. If you are interested in becoming a patient, please visit our website: . -- Blog articles: Webinars: Subscription program: Online courses (CVI Inflammation, Insulin Resistance, Plaque Evaluation, and Heart Attack & Stroke Prevention Courses): Support us through PayPal () or Patreon (). --Help us spread essential information about COVID-19 and preventive health. Support us through PayPal () or Patreon (). -- You can also follow us on different social media sites: Facebook: Twitter: LinkedIn: Supplements/Health Shop: -- Get a High-Quality CIMT in a city near you! Register at (). TRANSLATIONS *** Please help by providing a translation of video captions for those that speak your language. Not everyone understands English, especially with my Southern US drawl. Click this link to provide translation services - help save lives!!