Ms. Jenny

[yaoqinniu]

I took a nuclear stress test, but the Myoview dose is higher than recommended, with 38.5mCi for stress and 11 mCi for rest. How much radiation will these translate into and is it safe?
Thanks.
Jenny

[yaoqinniu]

Thanks you so much for you reply !!! This is probably the concern for most people who take  radiaological testing. Please accept my best wishes for you professionalism.

[Paderla Anitha, DNB]

Hi, usually for the stress portion of the test (i.e., while walking on a treadmill), 930 MBq (25 millicuries) of myoview are administered and for the rest portion of the test, 333 MBq (9 mCi) are administered. The values mentioned are slightly higher. Don't worry as there is no human data that specifically indicates there is any statistically significant risk from radiation dose equivalents of this magnitude. For warranted medical procedures with either x rays or radiopharmaceuticals, the benefit of the information obtained from the procedure significantly outweighs the risk from the radiation dose equivalent. Regards.