Why and how often should someone get a nuclear stress test after a stent?!
Question:
Why and how often should someone get a nuclear stress test after a stent?
My husband had a piece of unstable plaque break off and block an artery last year resulting in a stent implantation. His Dr. said that if my husband had a stress test the day before this happened, he would have passed the test. So, what good would it have done? Why should he continue to have these the rest of his life and have radiation put into his body and go through this dangerous test? If it is absolutely necessary, then how often should it be done?
Answers:
1) to ensure that myocardium and coronaries are working fine with the stent.
2)there are no symptoms of blockage.
3)sometimes multiple tests become too much for the patient and the family, and they experience anxiety. The Dr. should pin point a couple of tests. It should only be done when there are no other diagnostic test is available.
THEY SHOULD NOT BE DONE AS ROUTINE.