In the past, such symptoms might mean a treadmill stress test or a cardiac catheterization to diagnose the problem. That's changing with the advent of new imaging technology: CT scans, MRI ...

followed by imaging techniques like echocardiography or nuclear imaging. You should go for a stress test if: Before getting certain blood tests, you may be told to skip meals. Similarly ...

She noted that when patients require a pharmacologic stress test, it’s appropriate to use PET imaging over SPECT whenever possible. “It has greater accuracy and can also look for triple-vessel disease ...

The team analyzed and followed for nearly seven years 15,562 patients who were given SPECT myocardial perfusion imaging, a test that assesses blood flow to the heart during both stress and rest to ...

A nuclear stress test is a diagnostic test that healthcare professionals use to monitor blood flow to your heart before and after exercise. Doctors often order it to look for coronary artery ...

Since the donation of a SPECT camera by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), a busy hospital in Brazil’s city of Niteroi has doubled its capacity to perform heart scans, expanding access to ...