+ Any concession cards including Medicare and private heath fund cards.
+ All current medication in its original packaging.

+ Ensure you wear comfortable walking shoes and shorts or pants

+ ECG dots and leads will be attached to your chest to monitor your heart rate
+ Ultrasound images will be taken of your heart with the Echocardiograph (Echo) machine while lying on your side prior to exercise.

+ After the resting images are taken you will proceed to the Exercise Stress Test part of the test and be required to walk on a treadmill.
* This procedure is the same as for other Exercise Stress Tests.

+ Once heart rate has reaches an acceptable level the treadmill is stopped.

+  Return to the scanning bed for post exercise imaging.

The whole procedure takes approximately 45-60minutes.

+ The stress echocardiogram is reported by a cardiologist and the report is dispatched to the referring doctor on the next business day to when the procedure was done.