New Hanover Medical Group of Wilmington, North Carolina - Superior healthcare for the entire family

Services and Treatments

Nuclear Stress Testing

A nuclear stress test (also known as myocardial perfusion imaging) is a test that enables providers to assess the blood flow to the heart at rest and during periods of stress. Medicine can be used to simulate the effects of exercise for patients who are unable to exercise sufficiently. Our in-house test is helpful in diagnosing coronary disease and in determining the severity of a patient’s known coronary disease. Doctors are also able to help ascertain those at high and low risk.