“Is it dangerous to have a nuclear stress test?”

Nuclear Stress test is quite safe and millions of nuclear stress tests are performed safely every year. It involves the injection of a small amount of a radioactive material. The radiation exposure is in acceptable range. There are no other side effects from radioactive material itself. If one can’t run on treadmill pharmacological agents are used alternatively. There might be some side effects from the pharmacological agent, but that’s manageable.
Nuclear stress test gives information about the blood supply or perfusion to the hear muscle. It’s a good test to evaluate the severity and extent of the coronary artery disease and also the viability for the heart muscle, as well as functional status of the heart.

This is not a dangerous test. A small amount of radioactive material is used that allows a doctor to see indirect images of the muscular large left chamber of your heart. Patients don’t generally experience side effects, but when they do occur it’s typically mild irritation/pain associated with the injection and possibly headache, nausea, vomiting following injection of the medication used to dilate your blood vessels (that’s only if you cannot walk briskly on a treadmill).

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A nuclear stress test is performed with a cardiologist in presence. Either treadmill or pharmacologic stress is relatively safe. Patients with seizure disorders can not use standard drugs for stressing. No side effects. You won’t glow in the dark.