Cardiologist Questions

Reduced perfusion defect on stress test

Please explain results from my stress test. “There is a mildly reduced perfusion defect of moderate size in the inferior wall”. Could this mean a blocked artery could be the cause”. Thank you so kindly in advance.


1 Answer

Cardiologist
That could possibly mean that there is an old heart attack on the bottom of the heart or it could mean a block artery or in many cases it is an artifact on the bottom wall from the nuclear test, and could actually represent a normal test