Diagnostic Tests Archives

Hi Samantha, Thank you for contacting AAHD. Both thyroid hormone and sleep have an effect on the electrical system of...

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

Thanks for the mail. The difference between right and left brachial pressure should be less than 20 mm Hg normally....

No contraindication to it per se.

Dear AJ, The term J-point elevation represents a family of ECG findings. It has been described in several metabolic disorders...

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

Answering this question is a bit difficult because there are a number of different ways to perform this test depending...

CMR and calcium scoring look at different aspects of the heart. Calcium scoring looks into the amount of calcified plaque...

Cardiac magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is regarded as one of the gold standards in the assessment of heart disease. In...

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

This is a very broad question, but basically these are two totally different tests used in nuclear cardiology to look...

The main pulmonary artery before bifurcation usually measures approximately 3 cm or less, or less than the corresponding size of...