Close
Open
Share on Facebook
Twitter
Email
 
Notice: Users may be experiencing issues with displaying some pages on stanfordhealthcare.org. We are working closely with our technical teams to resolve the issue as quickly as possible. Thank you for your patience.
 

Find the latest information on COVID-19, monkeypox, and the flu vaccine

Menu
Search
Menu
Search
  • Doctors, Clinics & Locations, Conditions & Treatments
  • Patients & Visitors
  • MyHealth
  • Billing
  • Insurance
  • Medical Records
  • Support Groups
  • Financial Assistance
  • COVID-19 Resource Center
  • Locations and Parking
  • Visitor Policy
  • Hospital Check-in
  • Video Visits
  • International Patients
  • Contact Us
View All Information for Patients & Visitors »
We are available to assist you 24/7.
650-498-3333
GuestServices@stanfordhealthcare.org


View the changes to our visitor policy »

 

View information for Guest Services »

New to MyHealth?

Manage Your Care From Anywhere.

Access your health information from any device with MyHealth.  You can message your clinic, view lab results, schedule an appointment, and pay your bill.

ALREADY HAVE AN ACCESS CODE?

Activate Account

DON'T HAVE AN ACCESS CODE?

Create a New Account

NEED MORE DETAILS?

Learn More about MyHealth »
Learn More about Video Visits »

MyHealth for Mobile

Get the iPhone MyHealth app »
Get the Android MyHealth app »

WELCOME BACK

Forgot Username or Password?
Need Help?

Clear

Cardiac PET viability

  • About
  • About
Overview
Types
  • Cardiac SPECT perfusion
  • Cardiac PET viability
Risk Factors
Overview
Types
  • Cardiac SPECT perfusion
  • Cardiac PET viability
Risk Factors

Cardiac PET Viability

An evaluation of the functional status of the heart (viability) and whether the heart has suffered permanent damage.

What to expect

You have been scheduled for a cardiac PET viability exam. This exam performed in conjunction with cardiac SPECT perfusion or cardiac PET perfusion imaging during the same appointment. Depending your clinical situation, the cardiac stress test (e.g. treadmill exercise) may not be required.

Prior to your appointment

Please do not eat or drink flavored liquids for 8 hours prior to the scheduled exam (it is OK to take water and medications). If you are a diabetic and are injecting greater than 100 units of regular insulin per day, please contact the Nuclear Medicine staff and your cardiologist prior to the appointment, we may need to make modifications to the imaging protocol.

During the appointment

During the appointment, you will be injected with dextrose (sugar water) and, possibly, insulin to help improve the image quality of your heart. The radioactive label that we inject, called FDG, is a form of sugar and used to assess the function of the heart and whether the heart tissue is alive and using sugar for energy to pump blood. Once the FDG is injected, you will rest for approximately 45 minutes prior to imaging in the PET/CT scanner.

Previous Section Next Section
  • Find a Doctor
  • Find Conditions & Treatments
  • Find a Stanford clinic
  • For Patients & Visitors
  • Billing
  • Protections Against Surprise Medical Bills
  • Insurance
  • Hospital Check-in
  • Contact Us
  • Video Visits
  • Send a Greeting Card
  • Get a Second Opinion
  • COVID-19 Resource Center
  • Behavioral Standards
  • Make a Gift
  • About Us
  • Quality & Safety
  • Annual Report
  • 300 Pasteur Drive Renewal Program
  • Stanford Health Care – Now
  • For Healthcare Professionals
  • Referring Physicians
  • Nursing
  • Allied Healthcare Professionals
First Responders
  • Newsroom
  • Careers
  • Volunteering
  • Vendors
  • Stanford Medicine Partners
  • Stanford Health Care Tri-Valley
  • Stanford Medicine
  • Stanford Medicine Children's Health
  • Stanford University
  • Legal
  • Privacy
  • Code of Conduct
  • |   Notice of Nondiscrimination      ©2022 Stanford Health Care. All Rights Reserved
Home
Close
Doctors
Clinics & Locations
Conditions & Treatments
Clinical Trials
MyHealth Login

Patients & Visitors
Billing
Insurance
Financial Assistance
Medical Records
Contact Us
Video Visits
Get a Second Opinion
COVID-19 Resource Center
Healthcare Professionals
Referring Physicians
Nursing
Allied Healthcare
About Us
Quality & Safety
Careers
Newsroom
Make a Donation
Stanford Health Care – Now
Close