Pages tagged: nuclear stress test

As of today CMS (Medicare) will only allow nuclear testing every 2 years, if the patient is asymptomatic. I believe...

Thanks for the question. If she has typical angina, then she should go for a coronary angiogram. Otherwise, treadmill nuclear...

There are angina-producing conditions which can occur without structural changes in the coronary circulation. Some are related to spasm in...

Dear Sandra: Most likely, the cardiologist will order a nuclear stress test depending on your age and other risk factors.

The type of chest pain is important. If it is a tightness in the chest with effort or emotion relieved...

To set the stage, the normal “background radiation”, i.e. the amount of average radiation per year that each person receives...

The diaphragm (sheet of muscle that separates the heart and the tummy structures) can sometimes obscure the bottom part of...

I’m assuming the “CT” was a CT angio of the coronaries which showed no coronary artery occlusive disease of note....

A “nuclear medicine stress test “is really two separate tests; one is the “nuclear” (or imaging (picture)) part of the...

Assuming the “gamma scan of the heart” means nuclear stress test, the stress agent used, whilst it is radioactive, will...

They’re looking at two different things. The “CCTV” counts total coronary calcium. The amount of calcium correlates with the total...

Heart rate alone is not the only measure for a cardiac stress test. In addition to the heart rate, other...