In some cases, this may be followed by a stress echocardiogram, or “stress test,” to determine how the heart responds to ...

And cardiac MRI "shows us more than echocardiography or an exercise stress test," Steiner adds. "Those tests have benefits, but MRI shows more in terms of the heart's shape, size, volume ...

The sensitivity can also be improved by examining the heart’s wall movement through echocardiography. In other cases, a more limited stress test is done to determine the safety of exercise.

A coroner is investigating the death of a grandmother following a heart stress test at a Brisbane hospital which her family ...