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By Mayo Clinic Staff. A nuclear stress test measures blood flow to your heart at rest and while your heart is working harder as a result of exertion or medication. The test provides images that can show areas of low blood flow through the heart and damaged heart muscle.
The objective of a pharmacological nuclear stress test is to simulate exercise in order to raise heart rate and essentially stress the heart. Instead of using a treadmill it is accomplished by injecting a medication that causes some blood vessels in the heart to open (dilate) just as would occur if you were exercising.