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Cardiac Blood Pool Scan
What Affects the Test
Reasons you may not be able to have the test or why the results may not be helpful include:
- Fast or irregular heart rhythms.
- Long-acting nitrate medicines and digoxin.
- Recent nuclear scans, such as thyroid or bone scans.
- Barium, such as from a Reference barium enema Opens New Window, and bismuth, such as Pepto-Bismol.
- Inability to remain still during the test. You may not be able to have the test if you have severe back problems or other physical disabilities that prevent you from lying flat.
- Reference Obesity Opens New Window.
| By: | Reference Healthwise Staff | Last Revised: Reference August 5, 2011 |
| Medical Review: | Reference Rakesh K. Pai, MD, FACC - Cardiology, Electrophysiology
Reference George Philippides, MD - Cardiology |
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