Stress testing may be done for several reasons, but the most common is to determine whether there are blockages in the arteries in the heart that are severe enough to limit blood flow.
To get me there, I was injected with something (the name escapes me) that is supposed to achieve the same result as the final stage of a nuclear stress test. As I recall the discussion ...
Mercy Springfield has developed a new test to improve cardiac testing for patients. When it comes to cardiac stress tests, most people are familiar with the two most common ways: a treadmill stress ...
Nuclear medicine involves the administration into the body of small and safe amounts of radiopharmaceuticals, which are compounds containing radioactive material that can be used for diagnosis and ...
I had a comment about your recent column on nuclear stress tests. As an 87-year-old person who has experienced atrial ...
I had a comment about your recent column on nuclear stress tests. As an 87-year-old person who has experienced atrial fibrillation and a mild stroke, I have had two nuclear stress tests done. In both ...