The CardioVascular Institute at Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital–Needham offers stress testing. During a stress test, you exercise to make your heart work hard and beat fast while tests are done. The tests can reveal abnormal changes to your heart rate or blood pressure, symptoms such as shortness of breath, or abnormal changes to your heart's electrical activity.
Depending on the results of the exercise stress test, the physician may recommend more tests such as a nuclear stress test or cardiac catheterization.