Before Bruce published his protocol, physicians typically used electrocardiograms or an early stress test devised by Dr Arthur M Master in which patients stepped on and off a small platform for 90 ...

Dr. Robert A. Bruce, the cardiologist who devised the now ubiquitous treadmill stress test to assess heart disease, has died. He was 87. Bruce died Thursday at the Ida Culver House, an assisted ...

The exercise time is based on using the standard Bruce protocol. ST deviation refers to maximum ST change (elevation or depression) in any lead except lead aVR.

A standard Bruce-protocol exercise test showed 100% specificity for CMD, verified against invasive coronary assessment as reference, with all patients showing ischemic ECG changes during the ...

The treadmill gets steeper and faster every 3 minutes on a Bruce protocol that, eventually, even an Olympic athlete has to give up. The goal is to get to maximum exercise where a person simply can ...