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  2. Cardiac stress test - Wikipedia

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    A cardiac stress test is a cardiological examination that evaluates the cardiovascular system's response to external stress within a controlled clinical setting. This stress response can be induced through physical exercise (usually a treadmill) or intravenous pharmacological stimulation of heart rate.

  3. Negative test - Wikipedia

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    A negative test can relate to: . Negative diagnostic test, a medical test in which the target parameter that was evaluated was not present; Negative test variation, a software stress test designed to determine the response of the system outside of normal parameters

  4. Pre- and post-test probability - Wikipedia

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    The length of the green arrows represent the change in absolute (rather than relative) probability given a positive test, and the red arrows represent the change in absolute probability given a negative test. It can be seen from the length of the arrows that, at low pre-test probabilities, a positive test gives a greater change in absolute ...

  5. Contraction stress test - Wikipedia

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    A negative result is highly predictive of fetal wellbeing and tolerance of labor. The test has a poor positive predictive value with false-positive results in as many as 30% of cases. [ 4 ] [ 5 ] A positive CST indicates high risk of fetal death due to hypoxia [ 3 ] and is a contraindication to labor .

  6. False positives and false negatives - Wikipedia

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    The false positive rate (FPR) is the proportion of all negatives that still yield positive test outcomes, i.e., the conditional probability of a positive test result given an event that was not present. The false positive rate is equal to the significance level. The specificity of the test is equal to 1 minus the false positive rate.

  7. Stress testing - Wikipedia

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    The stress test can result in three outcomes: Pass, Partly Pass and Fail, based on the comparison of the quantified risks to acceptable risk exposure levels and a penalty system. Phase 3: Decision, during which the results of the stress test are analyzed according to the goal and objectives defined in Phase 1. Critical events (events that most ...

  8. Sensitivity and specificity - Wikipedia

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    Specificity (true negative rate) is the probability of a negative test result, conditioned on the individual truly being negative. If the true status of the condition cannot be known, sensitivity and specificity can be defined relative to a " gold standard test " which is assumed correct.

  9. Likelihood ratios in diagnostic testing - Wikipedia

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    In fact, post-test probability, as estimated from the likelihood ratio and pre-test probability, is generally more accurate than if estimated from the positive predictive value of the test, if the tested individual has a different pre-test probability than what is the prevalence of that condition in the population.