Nuclear Stress Test
A nuclear stress test uses a small, safe amount of Myoview, a radioactive substance, as a tracer to produce images of the heart taken before and after exercising on a treadmill.
Nuclear stress testing is routinely used to aid in the diagnosis of coronary artery disease and to evaluate the effectiveness of cardiac medications, open-heart surgery or angioplasty. You may be referred for a nuclear stress test if your original cardiac stress test produced abnormal results.
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