The cardiac nuclear stress test agents Lexiscan, or regadenoson, and Adenoscan, or adenosine, are FDA approved for use during cardiac stress tests in patients who cannot exercise adequately.

A nuclear stress test should be avoided for people who are or might be pregnant. If there’s a possibility you’re pregnant, let the doctor know before getting a nuclear stress test.

A less invasive test commonly used to diagnose coronary disease also may be used to detect one of the leading causes of heart failure. By using a nuclear stress test to look at how fast blood ...

QUESTION: I am a 50-year-old man with heartburn. My doctor wants me to have a stress test. I wonder what he will do and why he wants me to have the test? ANSWER: Sometimes the symptoms of heartburn… ...

The thallium stress test has two parts: at rest and while exercising. It takes about 4 hours to do both parts of the test. Thallium stress tests are done in a hospital, an imaging center, or a ...

A nuclear stress test helps to assess your risk of a severe cardiac event. Depending on your health, a doctor may ask you to take a treadmill test or a chemical test, which uses medications to ...

DEAR DR. ROACH: I am a 64-year-old woman with a family history of heart disease. Both of my parents had heart attacks and open-heart surgery. At ages 50, 55 and 60, I experienced what I thought were ...

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (KY3)—Mercy Springfield has a new test to improve cardiac testing for patients. When it comes to cardiac ...

HEART HEALTH Comedian Brad Upton has ‘significant’ heart attack despite normal cardiac stress test: What to know A stress test may not be the best determiner of heart health according to ...

DEAR DR. ROACH: I am a 64-year-old woman with a family history of heart disease. Both of my parents had heart attacks and open-heart surgery. At ages 50, 55 and 60, I experienced what I thought ...

When it comes to cardiac stress tests, most people are familiar with the two most common ways: a treadmill stress test and a chemical stress test. “The traditional nuclear stress test can take ...