Is Myocardial Perfusion Imaging the Same as a Stress Test? A Nutritional Diet Guide
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While a standard stress test monitors your heart's electrical activity during exercise, a more advanced nuclear stress test, also known as myocardial perfusion imaging, or MPI, provides visual evidence of blood flow to the heart muscle. In fact, an MPI test includes the stress component, making the standard stress test a component of the broader MPI procedure.
