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If you’re experiencing chest pain or other symptoms of coronary artery disease (CAD), a doctor or healthcare professional may recommend at least one test that includes a heart perfusion imaging ...

The new nuclear medicine scanners and their enhanced imaging capabilities will be critical in determining a patient’s risk of heart issues, he says. “You’re increasing your accuracy with ...

The test involves increasing demand on your heart and observing how it works under the increased demand. A nuclear stress test includes imaging that shows blood flow to your heart during the test.

There are a variety of agents that have been used to try to improve the accuracy of radioactive tracer imaging – N-13 ammonia is more precise when determining whether someone has a blocked artery, ...

A nuclear stress test, what we call myocardial perfusion imaging is a test that looks at the blood flow to your heart muscle. We do that while you're resting and also with some form of stress ...

Three key nuclear techniques in medicine are used to diagnose three common complications of diabetes: diabetic foot, kidney failure and heart disease. Radiopharmaceuticals — which use small quantities ...

The American Society of Nuclear Cardiology has published practice points on the use of pyrophosphate imaging in cardiac amyloidosis, the first of which was released in 2016.

During this time, 302 506 patients at 19 facilities had an MPI test. From 2000 to 2006 to 2011, the annual rate of nuclear MPI tests went from 1239 to 1748 to 855 per 100 000 person-years.

An experimental technique that started life in nuclear and particle physics is now being used to measure chemical reactions inside the human body and to help diagnose cancer and heart disease in ...