Nuclear vs Exercise Stress - Which One Is Better At Detecting Blockages?

If you want to find blockages, which test is better for you? Nuclear or Exercise stress test?

[deniseayres]

❤ Thank you for this excellent explanation of why it's important to get a nuclear test.

[chrisaprile]

I cannot thank you enough for explaining the difference between a normal stress test and nuclear stress test. I am having Lexiscan in the morning and was very worried about it and the adverse side effects possible.

[bigred]

Thank you. That info really helps. I mean it.

[TheCambra]

This was an awesome explanation I'm going in tomorrow for a nuclear stress test but I refuse to get the injection to speed up my heart I'll just use the treadmill it's safer

[sur]

I’m having a nuclear stress test to see if I can go trough a torn meniscus surgery this Friday I’m very nervous because of my past I was a user of speed and I been clean for 8 years 😮so I hope all is well so I can get my knee fixed and get back to work

[beverlyhoward]

I wish you were my doctor, i can understand what ur saying

[HarlemGirl]

Thank you for this detailed explanation. Much appreciated.

[Itsme-jvcd]

Why would they order such a risky test for someone who complained of horrid arrhythmias and whose EKG showed a few different conduction blocks ? My problem wasn't clogged arteries it was a conduction block which turned into heart failure. It would have been more beneficial to me if they sent me home after the EKG with a Holter monitor so they could capture those arrhythmias and schedule a pacemaker procedure instead of it being a big emergency and almost dying. I've never been overweight, never had a high cholesterol level, or high blood sugar.

[princepage]

dude, you aint telling the whole story!! i just had a stress test the exercise and standered one. you get real time results. the nuclear test gets your heart rate up the phony way through chemicals. it;s not the same as exercising. i passed mine with flying colors. but I am an avid cyclist. your wrong on the standered stress test about someone with 70% blocking passing the test. there is now way in the world they could pass that test. as soon as they got there heart rate up to 150, they would fold!! another thing i would like to point out is the fact THAT THE NUCLEAR TEST IS EQUAL TO 400CHEST X RAYS WORTH OF RAIDIATION> That's right. 400 chest x rays. Don't do it. there also have been folks die right then and there taking that cocktail they give you. why you want to mislead folks. what kind of doctor are you anyway.? tell them the truth.DON"T HAVE A NUCLEAR STRESS TEST<IT CAN KILL YOU!!

[ayokay]

I was always led to believe that a standard exercise stress test can detect 70+ % blockage, not 90% +.

[airdoc]

Very well explained…excellent! thank you Dr!

[tamaracalderon]

Yeah, because letting them shoot you full of nuclear material is a good idea under any circumstances, right? Oh, and then give you a shot that makes your heart race at 220 beats a minute for 1.5 minutes is a good idea, too, right? Gtfoh