The Medical Minute: Stress tests - echo vs. nuclear
Wednesday, February 8, 2012 - 05:00
in Health & Medicine
Your health care provider has ordered a stress test for your heart. No problem, you think; you’ve seen people walk on treadmills before. In fact, you used the one in your basement a few times, a couple of years ago. Then, you look at the request and see that you are going to have a pharmacologic nuclear stress test. So, what exactly did your physician order?