How long does stress echocardiography take?
Consultant cardiologist Ahamed Elgahamax reveals how long a stress echocardiography usually takes.
At Many Beats, we run stress echo almost on a daily basis. Therefore, it is fairly easy to have the test either on the same day or next day. The test itself takes about 40 minutes. You will spend in the department about an hour by the time you get in and get hooked to the machine and so on.
Most patients spend about 9 to 12 minutes on the treadmill. That’s usually enough to get the heart stressed to the level where we can acquire the images to get the information we need. However, from the beginning to the end, it’s about 40 minutes…
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The results are often available immediately or within 24 hours. The test itself does not hurt at all. It’s simply walking on the treadmill machine and then when the heart reaches a certain level of stress we acquire images using ultrasound technology. Therefore, it’s a very safe and painless test.
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About the cardiologists
The Many Beats team consists of not one, but four highly experienced consultant cardiologists
Dr Navtej Chahal
Consultant Cardiologist
PhD FESC FACC
Navtej is a Consultant Cardiologist at Many Beats. He also consults at the London Northwest NHS Trust and the Royal Brompton Hospital, London having qualified from Guy’s and St Thomas’ Medical School in 2001. He is an Honorary Senior Clinical Lecturer at Imperial College London…
Dr Navin Chandra
Consultant Cardiologist
MD, MRCP, MBBS, BSc
Navin is a Consultant Cardiologist at Many Beats. He is also a Consultant Cardiologist at Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust and an Honorary Consultant Cardiologist at Royal Brompton & Harefield NHS Foundation Trust. He qualified from Guy’s, King’s & St. Thomas’s in 2004...
Dr Ahmed Elghamaz
Consultant Cardiologist
FRCP, MB BCh
Ahmed is a Consultant Cardiologist at Many Beats. He also consults at Northwick Park Hospital and London North West Healthcare University Hospitals NHS Trust and is an Honorary Consultant Cardiologist at Royal Brompton & Harefield NHS Foundation Trust. He completed his junior…
Dr Joban Sehmi
Consultant Cardiologist
BSc, MBBS, MRCP, PhD
Joban is a Consultant Cardiologist at Many Beats. His NHS practice is at West Hertfordshire Hospitals NHS trust. He sees patients privately at Spire in Bushey and Bishops Wood Hospital in Northwood. He trained in medicine at Guy’s and St. Thomas’ medical school and qualified in 2003 with numerous academic awards…
