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… Cardiac Perfusion Scan On this page: Test Overview Why It Is Done How To Prepare How It Is Done … Overview A cardiac perfusion scan measures the amount of blood in your heart muscle at rest and after it has been … attack to see if areas of the heart are not getting enough blood or to find out how much heart muscle has been damaged …
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… Transthoracic Echocardiogram On this page: Test Overview Why It Is Done How to Prepare How It Is Done … chest pains. Check how well your heart is pumping blood. Check to see how well your heart valves are working. Look for blood clots inside your heart. Measure the size and shape of …
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… Lung Scan On this page: Test Overview Why It Is Done How To Prepare How It Is Done … is most often used to find a pulmonary embolism . This is a blood clot that prevents normal blood flow in the lung. Two types of lung scans are usually …
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… Ventriculogram On this page: Test Overview Test Overview A … You get an injection of a radioactive tracer into your blood. Then your doctor uses a special camera to see how well your heart is pumping blood. Invasive procedure. This test is done as part of a …
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… Stress Echocardiogram On this page: Test Overview Why It Is Done How to Prepare How It Is Done … to: Check for coronary artery disease, which can reduce blood flow to the heart muscle during stress. Look at the … valves and check how well they work. Check to see how well blood flows through the heart, heart valves, and blood …
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… Stool Analysis On this page: Test Overview Why It Is Done How To Prepare How It Is Done … of mucus. The stool may be examined for hidden (occult) blood, fat, meat fibres, bile , white blood cells , and sugars called reducing substances. The pH …
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… Testicular Ultrasound On this page: Test Overview Why It Is … for twisting of the spermatic cord . This problem cuts off blood supply to the testicles ( testicular torsion ). Check … ( hydrocele ), fluid in the epididymis (spermatocele), blood in the scrotum (hematocele), or pus in the scrotum …
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… Exercise Electrocardiogram (EKG) On this page: Test Overview Why It Is Done How To Prepare How It Is Done … system causes the heart muscle to contract and pump blood through the heart to the lungs and the rest of the … a treadmill or pedal a stationary bicycle. You will have a blood pressure cuff on your upper arm. Small pads or patches …
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… Joint Fluid Analysis On this page: Test Overview Why It Is Done How To Prepare How It Is Done … specific instructions. If you take a medicine that prevents blood clots, your doctor may tell you to stop taking it … keep taking it. (These medicines include aspirin and other blood thinners.) Make sure that you understand exactly what …
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… Kidney Scan On this page: Test Overview Why It Is Done How To Prepare How It Is Done … into a vein in the arm and then travels through the bloodstream to the kidneys. The tracer flows through the blood vessels in the kidneys and then is excreted into the …
