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thallium stress test

thallium stress test

I had a thalium stresstest, with a target heart rate of 135. It took me 8 minutes to reach the goal. Is this good or bad?
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It's good, but there shouldn't be a goal for an exercise stress test as you should always go to the maximum until complete exertion.  The time to complete exertion and terminateion of exercise at that point carries a great prognostic indication.  The target heart rate is only used to diagnostic purposes.    
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