Patient Instructions for Nuclear Stress Test - St. Mary's Medical Center
Patient Instructions for Nuclear Stress Test - St. Mary's Medical Center Patient Instructions for Nuclear Stress Test - St. Mary's Medical Center
Date/Time of appointment:______________________________________________________________________ Please arrive 15 minutes prior to your scheduled appointment time for registration and test preparations. Prior to your test, you will be called by a St. Mary’s representative to collect demographic and insurance information. If you do not receive this phone call 24 hours prior to your appointment, please call 812.485.4926 or 888.908.4926, option 1. Test Preparations: Patient Instructions for Nuclear Stress Test • No decaffeinated, caffeine or chocolate beverages 24 hours prior to procedure. May have water and other clear liquids (non-caffeinated beverages) the morning of your test. • May have light breakfast prior to procedure • Take other medicines as usual with water and on schedule – Hold Beta Blockers 24hrs before the test (bring dose with you to take following test) – Hold Theo-Dur or any Theophylline-like drug 24hrs before the test (may use inhalers) – Hold Persantine (Dipyridamole) 24hrs before the test – Long Acting Persantine (Aggrenox) must be held for 3 days before the test. • Bring a list of all the medications you are currently taking • Need to wear comfortable clothes and walking shoes (Tennis shoes recommended, no flip-flops, sandals or clogs) • You will first be injected with a radioactive material that contains no medicine, followed approximately 1 hour later by your scan. Length of scan times varies from 12-20 minutes • You will be instructed by the Nuclear Tech to return to the office later for your stress test. Due to scheduling, the waiting times vary for each patient • Upon your return, you will complete the treadmill/chemical portion of your test. You will receive a second injection of radioactive material. A second scan will be performed. The length of scan time varies from 12-20 minutes. • The entire test will last approximately 5-6 hours Check with your physician about beta blockers or other medications. Visit stmarys.org for a partial listing of beta blockers and other medications. Results will be provided to the physician who ordered the test typically within 24 hours unless it’s performed prior to a weekend or holiday. Notes: _______________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ Center for Advanced Medicine 901 St. Mary’s Drive, Suite 200 Evansville, IN 47714
Date/Time of appointment:______________________________________________________________________<br />
Please arrive 15 minutes prior to your scheduled appointment time <strong>for</strong> registration and test preparations.<br />
Prior to your test, you will be called by a <strong>St</strong>. Mary’s representative to collect demographic and insurance in<strong>for</strong>mation. If<br />
you do not receive this phone call 24 hours prior to your appointment, please call 812.485.4926 or 888.908.4926, option 1.<br />
<strong>Test</strong> Preparations:<br />
<strong>Patient</strong> <strong>Instructions</strong> <strong>for</strong> <strong>Nuclear</strong> <strong><strong>St</strong>ress</strong> <strong>Test</strong><br />
• No decaffeinated, caffeine or chocolate beverages 24 hours prior to procedure.<br />
May have water and other clear liquids (non-caffeinated beverages) the morning of your test.<br />
• May have light breakfast prior to procedure<br />
• Take other medicines as usual with water and on schedule<br />
– Hold Beta Blockers 24hrs be<strong>for</strong>e the test (bring dose with you to take following test)<br />
– Hold Theo-Dur or any Theophylline-like drug 24hrs be<strong>for</strong>e the test (may use inhalers)<br />
– Hold Persantine (Dipyridamole) 24hrs be<strong>for</strong>e the test<br />
– Long Acting Persantine (Aggrenox) must be held <strong>for</strong> 3 days be<strong>for</strong>e the test.<br />
• Bring a list of all the medications you are currently taking<br />
• Need to wear com<strong>for</strong>table clothes and walking shoes (Tennis shoes recommended, no flip-flops, sandals or clogs)<br />
• You will first be injected with a radioactive material that contains no medicine, followed approximately 1 hour later<br />
by your scan. Length of scan times varies from 12-20 minutes<br />
• You will be instructed by the <strong>Nuclear</strong> Tech to return to the office later <strong>for</strong> your stress test. Due to scheduling, the<br />
waiting times vary <strong>for</strong> each patient<br />
• Upon your return, you will complete the treadmill/chemical portion of your test. You will receive a second injection<br />
of radioactive material. A second scan will be per<strong>for</strong>med. The length of scan time varies from 12-20 minutes.<br />
• The entire test will last approximately 5-6 hours<br />
Check with your physician about beta blockers or other medications. Visit stmarys.org <strong>for</strong> a partial listing of beta<br />
blockers and other medications.<br />
Results will be provided to the physician who ordered the test typically within 24 hours unless it’s per<strong>for</strong>med prior to a<br />
weekend or holiday.<br />
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<strong>Center</strong> <strong>for</strong> Advanced Medicine<br />
901 <strong>St</strong>. Mary’s Drive, Suite 200<br />
Evansville, IN 47714
<strong>St</strong>. Mary’s, in partnership with the physicians of Ohio Valley HeartCare, provides comprehensive<br />
cardiology and cardiovascular surgery services to the Tri-<strong>St</strong>ate area. We offer the most advanced stateof-the-art<br />
diagnostic tools and the region’s largest and most comprehensive cardiac and pulmonary rehab<br />
center—all in one convenient location, the <strong>Center</strong> <strong>for</strong> Advanced Medicine.<br />
If you have any questions regarding your procedure or if the procedure needs to be rescheduled,<br />
please contact <strong>St</strong>. Mary’s Outpatient Cardiology at:<br />
812.485.6020, option 1<br />
<strong>St</strong>. Mary’s Outpatient Cardiology is conveniently located on the second floor of the <strong>Center</strong> <strong>for</strong> Advanced<br />
Medicine on <strong>St</strong>. Mary’s main campus. Please check in at the registration desk on the second floor if your<br />
test is scheduled between 6 a.m. to 3 p.m. After 3 p.m., please check in at the first floor registration desk.<br />
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<strong>Center</strong> <strong>for</strong> Advanced Medicine<br />
901 <strong>St</strong>. Mary’s Drive, Suite 200<br />
Evansville, IN 47714<br />
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