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Does breast tissue prevent obtaining an accurate result from a nuclear stress test?

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

For a stress echo test, how do you determine if you use dobutamine or adenosine?

Question 1- Use dobutamine for stress echo. While adenosine has been used in certain research applications, it is not generally...

Is another stress echo necessary?

It is very useful information for management of a hypertensive patient.

What can cure inducible ischemia?

A stress test that is consistent with inducible ischemia is a diagnostic tool. It predicts with approximately 75- 90% sensitivity...

Is my heart ok? My tests are normal but I have random chest pain.

The likelihood is that you are normal but because of the chest pain, a stress test is needed

My dobutamine stress echocardiogram revealed no inducible abnormal wall motion, but was interpreted as abnormal. Is this possible?

You may want to contact the physician interpreting the test for clarification. “No inducible wall motion abnormalities” implies that the...

What does “Diaphragmatic attenuation artifact corrected with prone imaging is present” mean on a nuclear stress test report?

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

Will the radioactive tracer used in a gamma scan of my heart cause problems to my liver?

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