what thallium stress test is for and how much it cost in India (bangalore)? I am 63 years old man already been through angioplasty 3 years back. Whenever I walk, I feel pain in my chest. So, my doctor suggested me to go through thallium stress test. Can you please help me to know what thallium stress test is for and how much it cost in India?
Stress thallium is a test whicChatDoctores under nuclear medicine department its better termed as stress M1B1 gated scan with species done in two phases during the first phase you would be asked to walk in a treadmill and at the end of the walk you would be injected by a radioactive dye images of heart will be taken by radio activity scanner after that you would be asked to come after about 120 minutesas 120 minutes is the approx time taken by heart to come fully at rest again images will be taken after 2hoursboth the initial and final images will be compared if blood supply to a part of heart is normal the radioactive dye injected earlier will be cleared from that part of the heart by flow of blood but in case blood supply to a part of heart is compromised in that case the remains of radioactive dye will remain at that part as blood is not reaching there so radioactive dye will not be cleared fully it costs 18000inr in top-notch hospitals thanks!!