Technologies In Diagnosing

Question 1

What has medical research and advances in technology have established?

Answer 1

Various methods for detecting and diagnosing coronary heart disease

Question 2

What happens during an Exercise Stress Test?

Answer 2

Individual walks or runs on a treadmill, which increases in speed and incline.

Question 3

What are monitored using an EST?

Answer 3

ECG readings, blood pressure, and physical symptoms (e.g. shortness or breath or angina) are monitored

Question 4

What is nuclear medicine?

Answer 4

Radioactive thallium 201 is injected during a stress test and pattern of radioactive decay in coronary arteries is examined.

Question 5

What happens during Cardiac Catheterization?

Answer 5

• Catheter is inserted in femoral artery and guided through arterial system into coronary arteries or heart.
• Dye is injected, which fills coronary arteries.
• An angiogram (special X-ray( is taken of blood vessels that can reveal location of blockages

Question 6

What are three technologies in diagnosing?

Answer 6

-Exercise Stress Test
- Nuclear Medicine
- Cardiac Catheterization