During a nuclear stress test, you’ll be injected with a radioactive dye called a tracer. Some of this tracer will remain in your system for a time after the test. A nuclear stress test is a type of ...

The nuclear stress test can show how blood flows through your heart muscles. This reveals how well the heart pumps blood and areas of your heart muscles that do not get enough blood. Nuclear stress is ...

A nuclear stress test uses a camera and a radioactive tracer — a small amount of a radioactive substance injected into a vein — to show how blood flows during rest and activity. Generally, it is a ...

In a stress test — also known as an exercise or treadmill test — a doctor monitors a person’s heart rate as they exercise or undergo a chemical stressor. It can show how well a person’s heart works ...

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