Treadmill Stress Myocardial Perfusion Scan. 

This test is useful in detecting the presence and significance of coronary artery disease.

The test consists of taking pictures after an isotope injection at rest and pictures after an isotope injection on the treadmill.  The injections do not make you feel different. 

   Exercise Treadmill Test

This test is useful for tracking your heart’s response to exercise.  It is also called a stress electrocardiogram or Stress ECG or Stress EKG.

Your heartbeat is recorded while you walk on a treadmill or ride a stationary bike.  This test helps your doctor evaluate the cause of chest pain.  It also measures the strength of your heart after a heart attack or surgery.

      Recording an Irregular Heart Beat

Holter and event monitoring are two painless ways to record your heartbeat away from the doctor’s office.  Each one is a small electrocardiogram (ECG) that you carry with you.  They record your heartbeat for your doctor to review at a later time.  The Holter records your heartbeat nonstop for a t least 24 hrs.  The event monitor lets you record your irregular heartbeat as you fee it.  You simply press a button.  You may carry this monitor for days or weeks.             

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Tracking Blood Flow through Your Heart Muscle

Cardiac nuclear imaging is also called perfusion scan.  It’s a way of checking looc flow through the muscle ( or walls) of the heart.  To do this, a tracer ( a small amount of radioactive matter) is delivered into the bloodstream.  Then a camera scans the tracer in the blood as it flows through the heart

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