The staff will place a small IV line in your arm. During the test, you will be injected with medicine through this IV line. You may also have small pads (electrocardiogram or ECG electrodes) attached to your body, that will allow the staff to monitor your heart rate.

If you are unable to exercise, you will be given medicine through the IV line. This will affect your heart in a way that is similar to exercise. You will also be injected with Cardiolite which will travel through your bloodstream to your heart. Speak up right away if you become short of breath, feel pain in your chest, or feel any other symptoms at any time during the test.

If you are unable to exercise, you will be given medicine through the IV line. This will affect your heart in a way that is similar to exercise. You will also be injected with Cardiolite which will travel through your bloodstream to your heart. Speak up right away if you become short of breath, feel pain in your chest, or feel any other symptoms at any time during the test.

For the last part of the stress phase, you will be lying down in a chair while a type of camera called a gamma camera takes images of your heart. The camera “sees” the Cardiolite in your heart and uses it to help create the pictures of your heart.

Resting phase of the test This phase may occur before or after the stress phase. Cardiolite will be injected while you are resting. More pictures are taken, and this set of pictures will show the flow of blood through your heart at rest.