Hey Pacer Chicks and Pacer Studs!

ok, so I have not actually asked a medical question in ages..... so here is one..........!

I am booked in on Wednesday for a MYOCARDIAL PERFUSION SCAN ! I have got all the details of what will happen ..... but just wanted to know if anyone else has had one!

Hope you are all well !

Love & Hugs, Loopy Lou xxxxxxxxx

9 Comments

no advice

by Tracey_E - 2009-10-11 01:10:43

I've never had one of those but I wanted to say hi and mention that I am munching on a FLAKE as I type this.

well

by jessie - 2009-10-11 03:10:43

i had one and it was after my implant to see if i had further heart disease which i did not. so here i am 3 years later in seemingly good health except a few minor complaints. it feels a bit heavy on the chest like an elephant is sitting there for a few minutes and you need to stay quiet in a certain position for about 40 minutes on each side. that's was all i remember. jessie

Loopy

by Angelie - 2009-10-11 10:10:23

They are a piece of cake. Injection of a radioactive isotope, wait 1 hour for it to adhere to your heart. They should give you some water to rinse the isotope out of your gut. After the hour is up you'll have a 15 minute heart scan that takes 64 pictures of your heart in slice format in a matter of 15 minutes. LIE STILL or they'll have to repeat the scan.
From there you'll move to the stress test portion. They'll administer a stressing agent that mimic exercise if your doctor feels like you shouldn't walk on a treadmill. The stressing agent dilates your blood vessels. If you're walking on the treadmill, they'll try to get your heart rate up to your maximum rate declared by your age. During the stress portion, they inject you with more radioactive Isotope. You wait another hour for it to adhere, and you can now eat and drink all that you want with no restrictions.
At least that's how we do it here in the States. Questions, email me. I see these tests done at work everyday....

Angelie

Not sure

by ppt - 2009-10-11 11:10:30

Loopy -
I just looked it up on the web - is this the same as a nuclear stress test? Yahoo.com seemed to think so. If you agree then I suspect a lot of us have done this (including me). I will continue to surf the web to see if other web sites agree.

Missing you !! Had coffee out of the mug this morning. Thx so much :-) Awesome memories!

Spent all day Friday in the Emergency Room - EKG "funky". Heart enzymes, ABG and X-Ray came back fine but I follow up with Cardiologist Monday 8:00 a.m. (YAWN). I think all is fine ... am doing well yesterday and even better today. :-)

Yep

by ppt - 2009-10-11 11:10:40

Loopy -
Here is from the Mayo Clinic:

"There are several types of nuclear stress tests, including:

* Myocardial perfusion scan. During this procedure, you exercise on a treadmill or pedal a stationary bicycle. When you reach your maximum heart rate, you're given the injection. Images are made of your heart shortly after exercise and also a few hours later. This test shows how well blood flows into the heart muscle and can detect narrowing of the coronary arteries (coronary artery disease).
* Multiple gated acquisition (MUGA) scan. In this test, you receive the injection before exercising. Images are made of your heart before and after exercise. A MUGA scan shows the motion of the heart and how well it pumps out blood (ejection fraction)."

So for sure this is what I had ( the first bullet) and I suspect many many many others as well. It is not a big deal really - just horribly time comsuming. Bring a book !!
Putnam

Had Several

by Possum Larry - 2009-10-11 12:10:21

Nothing to be concerned about. The hardest part for me, An over weight 65 year old was getting up to my max heart rate on the treadmill but I made it.

My last test differed from my others. All previous tests had Gamma Ray Camera pictures taken 20 minutes after the injection followed by resting pictures about 3 hours later.

My last test delayed the resting pictures for 24
hours. I was instructed to return the day after the injection and was put into the same gamma ray camera machine. This machine reminds me of a Cat Scan Machine as you lie on a table and the machine rotates around you.

I wish you the best of luck and as others have said it is time consuming.

Larry

All the best

by Blueaustralia - 2009-10-12 03:10:30

I am wondering if that is what is called a Systemby Scan. I can remember having to lie still while it all rotated around me.

Anyway I am wishing you all the best for the procedure. Sincere regards from Oz Billie

Thanks my little Pacer Chicks!

by Loopy Lou - 2009-10-12 06:10:28

aww.... thanks guys! greatly appreciate all this! I am a real wimp when it comes to things like this - but at least I know some of the staff there!! I will go well equipped with book, ipod and Simon Baker(Ha ha ha I wish!!!).

Putnam - glad you are ok - and enjoying your mug!!

Tracey - don't spill crumbs on the keyboard!!!

Jessie - will look out for the Elephant sitting on my chest!

Anglei - Will lie very still - but will probably have an itch somewhere which will drive me mad!!

Billie - thanks! for your wishes!

xxxxxxxxx

Thanks Larry!

by Loopy Lou - 2009-10-12 06:10:33

oops! nearly forgot to say thank you! lol xx

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