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31thallium stress test — (for coronary artery disease) stress is placed on the cardiovascular system by exercising the patient on a treadmill or bicycle ergometer. Thallous chloride Tl 201 is injected intravenously when stress is maximal, just prior to exercise cessation …
32test-pi|lot — test pilot, a pilot employed to test new or experimental aircraft by subjecting them to greater than normal stress. test pi|lot «TEHST PY luht», transitive verb. to test (aircraft) as a test pilot: »He was soon recalled to test pilot single… …
33Stress (biology) — This article is about the concept of stress in relation to biology. . For the concept of stress in physics and mechanics, see Stress (mechanics). Stress is a term in psychology and biology, borrowed from physics and engineering and first used in… …
34Test de résistance de sûreté — Un test de résistance de sûreté, ou stress test, est, en Europe, un réexamen de sûreté des centrales nucléaires ciblé sur les problématiques soulevées par l accident nucléaire de Fukushima, à savoir la résistance de l installation nucléaire à des …
35Test, pharmacologic stress — There are a diversity of pharmacologic stress tests. Here this refers specifically to a pharmacologic cardiac stress test in which certain medications are administered that stimulate the heart to mimic the physiologic effects of exercise. One of… …
36Stress testing, exercise cardiac — The exercise cardiac stress testing (ECST) is the most widely used cardiac (heart) screening test. The patient exercises on a treadmill according to a standardized protocol, with progressive increases in the speed and elevation of the treadmill… …
37Stress Testing — A simulation technique used on asset and liability portfolios to determine their reactions to different financial situations. Stress tests are also used to gauge how certain stressors will affect a company or industry. They are usually computer… …
38Test, physiologic stress — Although there can be a diversity of physiologic stress tests, this refers here to a physiologic cardiac stress test in which certain medications are administered that stimulate the heart to mimic the physiologic effects of exercise. One of these …
39Test, stress echocardiography — A supplement to the routine exercise cardiac stress test. During stress echocardiography, the sound waves of ultrasound are used to produce images of the heart at rest and at the peak of exercise. In a heart with normal blood supply, all segments …
40Stress echocardiography — A supplement to the routine exercise cardiac stress test. During stress echocardiography, the sound waves of ultrasound are used to produce images of the heart at rest and at the peak of exercise. In a heart with normal blood supply, all segments …
