Sounds promising. I had the nuclear stress test back when I had my first episode of Afib…as a workup to see if it was the result of “silent” heart attack, I guess. I thought it was overkill at the time but, on reflection, find it reassuring that it showed normal perfusion and whatever else it is that folk who know what they’re looking at were comfortable with.
Sort of amusing tale (I guess you had to be ther) but since the test itself requires you to do a steady ramp up to a pre determined heart rate…so your second PET scan shows cardiac function and perfusion while under a workload…actually being fit can work against you. Obvious really, if you think about it, since heart rate response at any sub max effort drops with increasing fitness. I was starting to get a bit uncomfortable from a safety POV as, due to longstanding endurance training, my heart rate was staying lower than the testing crew were used to seeing as the test progressed and I was having to run at a decent clip and incline. The feeling must’ve been mutual as there was mention of cutting the test short and giving me the drugs that are used on the feeble and unfit who can only shuffle on the treadmill. That did it…the idea that I had to suffer that indignity ticked me off enough that I hit the magic number and dodged that bullet.
Like I always say, I know enough now about this topic to realise I don’t know enough to have a worthwhile opinion…but sharing the one I have, it looks to me like you’re on the logical time-line to get the info you need for decent decision making.