In the past, such symptoms might mean a treadmill stress test or a cardiac catheterization to diagnose ... "It's a new era we're at the tipping point right now," says Robert M.

"I went in for the stress test and failed miserably," Patterson said. "The doctor got me right in to do a heart cath. and they found that I had three major arteries blocked, over 90%. One of them ...

One of the strongest predictors of long-term mortality among patients undergoing a cardiac stress ... send them to the cath lab, more so than someone who has no calcium in their arteries.” As for ...