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Nuclear Stress Test
Lifestyle
Nuclear Testing: It’s For The Heart, Too
DUTCHESS COUNTY, N.Y. -- “Don’t go ‘nuclear’” might be a warning to someone who is highly stressed and overreacting to a situation, but when it comes to testing the impact of stress activity on the heart, “nuclear” may be just what the doctor ordered. That’s because use of nuclear material, radioactive isotopes that act as a “dye,” can give physicians more accurate information about the size of a heart’s chambers, its efficiency in pumping blood and the presence of any damaged heart muscle. The test also has an estimated 85 percent accuracy rate in determining whether any of a patient’s majo…