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What does mild decrease in inferoapical lv activity means in a nuclear stress test?

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Dr. Milton Alvis, jr answered

Specializes in Preventive Medicine

Hepatic shadowing of: gamma photons emitted from the bottom (inferoapical) wall of the left ventricle; typical of all gamma camera nuclear scans of heart muscle via uptake of radioactive substances. Most radiation is released & reabsorbed within your body (& liver), never makes it past your skin, much less ever detected by the very insensitive gamma camera systems. These tests miss all disease less than very advanced.

Answered 4/13/2018

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