Research Notes on Nuclear Perfusion Imaging
Nuclear perfusion imaging is done by injecting a radioactive dye, or isotope, into your bloodstream while you are at rest. Pictures will be taken of your heart at that time. Then you undergo the stress test. After the stress test, a second injection of the dye is administered, and a second set of pictures will be taken of your heart.1 Nuclear perfusion imaging will reveal how well blood is flowing through all areas of your heart.2
Fast Facts:
- When the same test is performed on the brain it is called sometimes called a brain spect, when done on the heart test is called myocardial perfusion imaging.3
- Thallium and cardiolite are often the isotopes used for injection.2
- Tell your doctor if you are a diabetic as your medications may need to be adjusted.1
Top Resources on Nuclear Perfusion Imaging
- About.com: Thallium and Cardiolite Scans - Nuclear Perfusion Testing of the Heart
- Vanderbilt Medical Center: Nuclear Cardiology Stress Testing (or Nuclear Perfusion Imaging)
- Emory Healthcare: Stress Nuclear Perfusion Imaging
- California Pacific Medical Center: What is a Cardiac Stress Test (MPI) with Exercise?
- Wikipedia: Perfusion Scanning
- Business Wire: Acusphere Announces Data Demonstrating Imagify™ Perfusion Stress Echo is Well-tolerated and as Effective as Nuclear Perfusion Imaging for Evaluating Chest Pain Patients at Risk for Heart Attack (Nov. 6, 2007)
- Medicine and Health Rhode Island (via BNET): Dobutamine Nuclear Myocardial Perfusion Imaging Compared To Dobutamine Stress Echocardiography As a Prognostoic Test For Coronary Artery Disease (Jan. 2004)
Research Notes References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Vanderbilt Medical Center: Nuclear Cardiology Stress Testing (or Nuclear Perfusion Imaging)
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 About.com: Thallium and Cardiolite Scans - Nuclear Perfusion Testing of the Heart
- ↑ Wikipedia: Perfusion Scanning
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