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Avatar m tn I recently had a nuclear stress test with imaging and while recovering and resting on the the table my HR was coming down from 180 during Bruce level 5 to 110 and that is when my symptoms appeared. I started having PVC's here and there then bigeminy,trigeminy, couplets and as many as four to five PVC's in a row. Of course I could feel them and this lasted for 10 minutes. No intervention done at the time. No change in BP either.
Avatar f tn I wonder why you had a stress test, some symptom trigger it? In my case I asked for a stress test to get a better number on what my maximum exercise HR should be. This lead to lots of additional nuclear and other tests because I couldn't pass the stress test when I in fact didn't have the main problem it checks for. Sorry if I wander... bottom line, see a cardiologist but if you don't have any serious symptoms I think you should think positive, nothing is wrong.
Avatar n tn I had a false positive on my nuclear stress test. when I did my angiogram the nurse said up to 50% of nuclear stress tests are false positive. Great technology !
Avatar n tn Can anybody explain the differences between ejection fraction results form an echo and a stress tess? I had an echo in October that was 35% and a nuclear stress test in November that was 16%? I have a defib/pacer if that helps.
Avatar n tn t agree on why I did so well on the stress test. Q. Can some one do this well on a stress test, ie 13.5 minutes and still have major heart problems? What's next?
Avatar n tn A nuclear stress test has a specificity of 97% which means it will identify heart disease 7% of the time. The overall accuracy is 85%, the only test that is more accurate is an angiogram. They should have taken two sets of pics, one with your heart at rest and one after it was stressed at the end of you test. They compare the two to see if there are areas of your heart not getting blood flow at stress.
Avatar f tn They ran echo, ekg, Ct of chest and nuclear stress. The images in the nuclear stress test did not match. The Dr said that they isotopes did not go to the front of my chest but he did not know why. He said it did not show a blockage. He told me to go home, take it easy and follow up in his office in a few weeks. He said he was unsettled that it they did not match. I am at a loss, leaving the hospital with chest pain and an abnormal nuclear stress test is unsettleing. Any advice or thoughts?
Avatar m tn the dubotomine stress test prior to the stenting said it showed positive for ischemia affecting heart wall in three places. EF was 70.19%. What was notable about this test was that I am perfectly normal at low and medium dose of the dubotamine. Maybe I should lust live like that - low and medium pulse? All the grim looking stats came at high dose with pulse at 120. That's high for an 81-year-old? It would take me a fair sprint along the road to get it up to that level.
Avatar n tn What ever the result said..... My cardio said, for women they're all "artefact"! Then why sent the women to have Nuclear Stress Test or Echo? Unfortunately, the next echo turned out that I've already had myocardial infarction. The test resulted "artefact" or my cardio judged "artefact"?
213398 tn?1202670474 been complaining of chest discomfort for months now. had a stress test a year ago and told it was good. just did a nuclear stress test today. my question. i reached my target heart rate of 156 within minutes by fast walking. a year ago my target was reached while jogging on the treadmill. shoild i be concerned ? does this mean i have some heart of vascular problem if i reached the target by fast walking rather then running? i am not physically active in general .
Avatar m tn Hi, a nuclear stress test provides information regarding the coronary artery blood flow to the heart muscle. A "perfusion defect" is a way of saying that there is the appearance of reduced blood flow to a part of the heart muscle. When images return to normal at rest, this indicates there is no permanent injury to the heart muscle.
Avatar f tn I would do a simple stress test with nuclear imaging or echocardiography. It will be more prognositic than the caclium score. If the stress test is negative and you are still experiencing the symptoms, I would say go for the catheterization. I personally wouldn't take the CT because of the unnecessary radiation exposure and the fact that the risk of catheterization is so low (very safe procedure).
Avatar f tn My Husband is 67, and he just had a nuclear stress test in the last month. I am hoping someone can give me an explanation of the test results, thank you. Resting images demonstrate a moderate-sized area of mildly decreased counts involving the inferior lateral segments. Stress imaging demonstrates improvement in the inferior lateral segment however there is mild worsening of the distal anterior, distal anterior septal, and anterior apical segments.
Avatar m tn My recent nuclear cardiac stress test shows the following results. What does this mean? Is this something to worry about? • Myocardial perfusion images show a mild inferior and Lateral scar versus artifact. The post stress left ventricle normal in size • Post-stress ejection fraction is 87 %. Global left ventricular systolic function is normal • Exercise capacity 13 METS.
Avatar m tn Did you have a stress test with imaging? If so these things are about 97% accurate in finding heart disease. The next test would be an angiogram which carries a very real risk of complication and I doubt anyone would do one without additional symptoms. You may be best served by getting a second opinion.
Avatar n tn So, a nuclear stress test usually refers to stress testing that is performed in combination with a nuclear imaging test, such as SPECT scan or a PET scan. In general, a nuclear stress test is more accurate and provides more information than a standard exercise EKG. However, these tests do have drawbacks. They are more expensive and require more time, and there is exposure to a small amount of radioactive substances.
Avatar m tn A MUGA and a nuclear medicine stress test (perfusion) are both done by nuclear medicine technologists, but they are different tests. The MUGA stands for multi-gated acquisition; whereas the stress test measures the uptake of the radiotracer of your heart muscle both during rest and stress, then compares the two.
Avatar n tn 1. Nuclear imaging suggests the possibility of ischemia in the distribution of the left anterior descending. Very poor exercise tolerance, as well. Clinical correlation recommended.
Avatar n tn 46 YO Male received following report after nuclear stress test and would like it translated to English; QUALITATIVE: There is a medium size severe reversible perfusion defect mid inferior wall to apex which persisted on prone stress imaging. No other significant perfusion defects. TID: None subjectively GATED: 67% ejection fraction with normal wall motion. IMPRESSION: 1. Findings suggest reversible ischemia mid inferior wall to apex.
Avatar m tn from there they sent me to get a nuclear stress test and that showed everything was fine, so my question is why did 2 out of 3 test were positive, should i believe that everything is fine...I am a 56 yr old woman...
Avatar f tn Can someone please help me understand my recent Stress test findings: Images show mild intensity small-sized defect, located in the distal anterior and apical wall. Rest images show no change of the defect compared to the stress images. This defect suggests infarction vs. artifact in the wall. Gated SPECT imaging demonstates abnormal septal motion of the distal anterior and apical wall. The left ventricular ejection fraction was calculated to be 56%.
Avatar n tn Should a nuclear stress test be performed by a cardiologist? My father, who is 82, is scheduled to have basal thumb arthritis surgery on the 15th of Feb. His doctor of internal medicine wants to do a nuclear stress test to make sure his heart is strong enough to be subjected to general anesthesia. He has leaky valves. We are concerned that this may be a procedure that should be done by a specialist.
Avatar f tn is once too often.Proceed with nuclear stress test and do not dismiss your symptoms.Women can present very differently then men when it comes to chest pain. Get it checked out to find out what's going on. Joan.