Originally Posted by
zacster
My target was calculated as 131, but the techs told me I could go as long as I wanted and I stopped at 164. The Bruce protocol was about to kick up another notch and I probably wouldn't have lasted much longer anyway. The techs and NP were totally unconcerned because there wasn't even the slightest blip in anything.
Ok, the Bruce Protocol is essentially a standard practice for conducting cardiac stress tests in a medical environment - finally Googled it!