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Summary
These documents were created to be used in conjunction with our NucReporter SPECT/PET MPI Reporting Software.
- Feel free to use them in your cardiology practice.
No representations are made that these documents constitute clinical guidance.
Please do your own your own due diligence.
Stress Test Worksheets
Please refer to the following for stress testing best practices:
Nuclear Cardiology Stress Test Worksheet
This works most seamlessly with our NucReporter reporting software.
However, it is also helpful for any nuclear cardiology lab as it ensures that all necessary information is recorded.
This can be very helpful during:
- IAC site visits
- Inspections
- Insurance audits, etc.
Download Nuclear Cardiology Stress Test Worksheet – PDF
Exercise Tolerance Test Worksheet
This works most seamlessly with the ETT component of our NucReporter reporting software.
- Feel free to use it for your cardiology practice.
Download Exercise Tolerance Test Worksheet – PDF
Nuclear Stress Test Patient Instructions
This comprehensive document will help your patients to arrive properly prepared for their nuclear stress test.
We recommend that a knowledgeable person (preferably a provider or nuclear medicine technologist) go over this document with the patient at the time of scheduling.
- This will prevent a lot of rescheduling due to improper preparation.
Feel free to download the Word version and edit it to make it your own.
![Myocardial Perfusion Imaging Patient Preparation Instruction Sheet [PDF]](https://nuclearcardiologyreports.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/PATIENT-PREP-INSTRUCTIONS.png)
Download Nuclear Stress Test Patient Instructions – PDF
Download Nuclear Stress Test Patient Instructions – Editable Word Document
Medications to Withold For Vasodilator Stress Testing *
* This document was adapted from this article which was published in the Journal of Nuclear Cardiology in 2006:
You could give it to patients to help them prepare properly for a vasodilator stress test.
It is also helpful for your own reference when patients ask you questions about specific medications.
- There are so many contraindicated medications that they’re hard to memorize.
- Many of these meds go by different names.
Again, please consult with this article for complete patient preparation instructions.
![Medications to withhold before myocardial perfusion imaging [PDF]](https://nuclearcardiologyreports.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/MEDICATIONS-TO-WITHOLD-SUMMARY.png)
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Download Medications to Withhold for Vasodilator Stress Testing – Editable Word Document