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A thallium heart scan is used to evaluate the blood supply to the heart muscle. It can identify areas of the heart that may have a poor blood supply as a result of damage from a previous heart attack or blocked coronary arteries.

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What characteristics does an abnormal thallium heart scan have?

Cold spots on the scan, where no thallium shows up, indicate areas of the heart that are not getting an adequate supply of blood. Cold spots appearing both at rest and during exercise may indicate areas where the heart tissue.


What characteristics does a normal thallium heart scan have?

A normal thallium heart scan typically shows even distribution of the radioactive tracer throughout the heart muscle, indicating adequate blood flow to all regions of the heart. There should be no areas of reduced blood flow or "cold spots" which could indicate potential blockages or areas of reduced heart muscle function. The scan should also show normal heart wall motion and function.


How is thallium scanning performed?

usually done after an exercise stress test or after injection of a vasodilator, a drug to enlarge the blood vessels, like dipyridamole (Persantine). Thallium is injected, and the scan is done then and again four hours (and possibly 24 hours) later


What is the purpose of the MUGA scan?

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What care should a patient receive after a thallium heart scan?

The thallium scan is performed in conjunction with an exercise stress test. At the end of the stress test (once the patient has reached the highest level of exercise he or she can comfortably achieve), a small amount of the harmless radioisotope.


What is the purpose of a technetium heart scan?

The technetium heart scan is used to evaluate the heart after a heart attack. It can confirm that a patient had a heart attack when the symptoms and pain usually associated with a heart attack were not present; identify the size and location.


Is it safe to smoke after Myocardial Perfusion Scan Thallium Scan Cardiac Nuclear Imaging?

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What test measures the flow of blood through the heart during activity is evaluated by injecting thallium into the bloodstream?

The test you are referring to is called a thallium stress test. This test helps evaluate the blood flow to the heart during physical activity by using a radioactive form of thallium injected into the bloodstream. It can help identify areas of reduced blood flow in the heart muscle, indicating possible blockages in the coronary arteries.


What characteristics does a normal technetium heart scan have?

If the technetium heart scan is normal, no technetium will show up in the heart.


Which diagnostic procedure uses a radiopharmaceutical to assess the patient's heart function?

thallium test


What is diagnostic procedure uses a radiopharmaceutical to assess the patients heart function?

thallium test


What stress test involves the use of radiopharmaceutical?

Thallium is the most common radiopharmaceutical used in nuclear medicine cardiac stress tests. Thallium shows how well blood travels through the heart in an active or stressful environment.