Nuclear stress test: Purpose, procedure & patient information (1/2)

What is the purpose of a nuclear stress test? What is the procedure? What to tell your patient? This video serves as an introduction to nuclear stress testing, a common nuclear medicine imaging technique.

Timecodes:
0:00 Introduction
0:08 What is a nuclear stress test?
1:01 Principle of a nuclear stress test
2:10 Stress study - Exercise
2:49 Stress study - Pharmacologic vasodilation
3:15 Procedure
4:40 What to tell your patient?

[dr.paulinemoyaert]

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[TheCambra]

This is by far the best explanation I've heard so far

[danielbrown]

You have a beautiful voice and accent. I have my Nuclear stress test tomorrow, good times!

[lorifernandez]

Had one done last week. Got thru it ok. Thank God

[dwen]

Good explanation. Thank you! I go in for one soon and this helped a lot.

[kashifsocer]

I'm getting one in a few hours. Now I know what to expect.

[gmvanz]

This is an "Excellent Explanation" of this testing procedure.

[dangatton]

thanks for your time. I was cardioverted last week. Test is in 5 days. Im on75 metropolol BID. I workout 5 hrs/week at Pickleball and swimming after about 200 yds. this is my Baseline. stopping my Metropolol I understand will let my HR. rise but it dosnt make sense to me that the test is not done at My Base line on Metropolol. Dosnt this skew the test and what if I go into Afib due to not being on the Metropolol while getting my pulse to 85% max. just wondering how you balance the 2 out..

[autumn]

Is it safe to do a nuclear stress test while having Costochondritis? I been like this over a month I been in and out of the hospital 4 times says everything looks good but I don’t fell ok I can’t breathe my left arm hurts and goes numb on me I hurt up in my neck my chest hurt fells like my heart is racing and jumping out of my chest fell like I wanna pass out sometimes fells like somone is sitting on my chest causing me not to be able to breathe I’m scared I never felt this bad I always had chest pain since middle school but not like this my dad passed away from a heart attack at 33 I’m 23 I’ve never had my heart fully looked at idk what to do I just wanna fell better and like my self agin will having this test make my condition worse what should I do

[tamaracalderon]

You dont give the odds of someone actually having a heart attack or stroke during the chemical test... Which are 1 in every 500, 000 amd death from that heart attack or stroke is 1 in 1 million. Vegas wouldnt take those odds... 😂

[boyovbusov]

What is the purpose to have this test for heart transplant patient?