Medicare will generally cover a nuclear stress test when a doctor deems it medically necessary. Learn more about coverage criteria and costs.

Medicare will cover a nuclear stress test if your doctor deems it medically necessary. Learn more about other Medicare requirements and potential costs.

Medicare will cover a nuclear stress test if your doctor deems it medically necessary. Learn more about other Medicare requirements and potential costs.

DEAR DR. ROACH: I had a comment about your recent column on nuclear stress tests. As an 87-year-old person who has experienced atrial fibrillation and a mild stroke, I have had two nuclear stress ...

A stress test and a CT calcium score are both ways of evaluating a person for blockages in the arteries of the heart.

He recommended the nuclear stress test just to rule out any possible blockages. The test was over in less than 15 minutes, and all came out normal. However, he also recommended the calcium score test.

A “nuclear” stress test uses radioactive isotopes to look at blood flow to the heart during exercise and rest.

“The traditional nuclear stress test can take several hours, and it is a stressful experience for some patients,” says Sharad Bansal, MD, a cardiologist with Mercy Springfield.

To get me there, I was injected with something (the name escapes me) that is supposed to achieve the same result as the final stage of a nuclear stress test.

The person running the stress test looks for any sign of incipient heart damage (through an electrocardiogram, a blood pressure monitor, or symptoms), so the test can be stopped if it seems to be ...

Dear Dr. Roach: I had a comment about your recent column on nuclear stress tests. As an 87-year-old person who has experienced atrial fibrillation and a mild stroke, I have had two nuclear stress ...