Article Index
- Cardiovascular
- Diagnostic Tests
- Cardiac Catheterization-Diagnostic
- Cardiac Catheterization-Interventional
- Cardiac Catheterization-Lab
- Cardiac Nuclear Stress Testing current position
- Cardiac Rehabilitation
- Cardiac Surgery Program
- Echocardiography
- Electrocardiograms
- Stress Echocardiography
- Stress Testing
- Transesophageal Echocardiography
- Cardiopulmonary
A nuclear stress test measures blood flow to your heart muscle at rest and during stress. Performed similar to a routine exercise stress test, a nuclear stress test provides images in addition to electrocardiograms.
During a nuclear stress test, a radioactive substance is injected into your bloodstream. This substance mixes with your blood and travels to your heart. A special scanner — which detects the radioactive material in your heart — creates images of your heart muscle. Inadequate blood flow to any part of your heart will show up as a light spot on the images — because not as much of the radioactive substance is getting there.
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