Your Virginia Heart Care Team will give you specific instructions on how to prepare for your stress test.
For instructions on what to expect for a Exercise Treadmill Stress Test, click here.
For instructions on what to expect for an MPI Stress Test- lexiscan, click here.
For instructions on what to expect for an MPI Stress Test- exercise, click here.
For instructions on what to expect for a Stress Echo, click here.
A regular stress test or echo will take around an hour, including both your prep time and the time it takes to perform the actual test. A nuclear stress test will take 2-3 hours.