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What Causes A False Positive Stress Test?
I failed my stress test and the doctor is sending me to a hospital to take the stress echocardiogram test. He is telling me that women have a tendency to have false positives during the original stress test and that he is not concerned there is anything wrong. Is it really normal to fail the original test?
Mon, 27 Jun 2016
Dear Mrs,
ECG stress test results can be false positive among women, it means that there can be abnormal results, when the person actually has no problem.
We perform a stress test to a woman patient, if it negative, no abnormality in results, then heart disease is unlikely, if it is positive or doubtful, it doesn't yet mean that a person has heart disease in case of a woman patient, in this case we need more specific tests, so you were referred for echo stress test. Don't worry, your doctor just wants to make sure, that everything is normal.
Take care
ECG stress test results can be false positive among women, it means that there can be abnormal results, when the person actually has no problem.
We perform a stress test to a woman patient, if it negative, no abnormality in results, then heart disease is unlikely, if it is positive or doubtful, it doesn't yet mean that a person has heart disease in case of a woman patient, in this case we need more specific tests, so you were referred for echo stress test. Don't worry, your doctor just wants to make sure, that everything is normal.
Take care
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