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Mr. Joseph Stevens is a 60 year old gentleman diagnosed with lateral wall myocardial infarction who underwent balloon angioplasty 2 weeks ago. He is discharged from the hospital and is referred to you for outpatient exercise training. He reports that he recently had a nuclear medicine scan as part of a stress test prior to starting his exercise sessions. The results showed “areas of his heart that were lit up and remained bright before and after the stress.” From this information you can assume that Mr. Stevens has: Significant coronary disease with regions of scar tissue and poor perfusion Limited coronary perfusion to multiple regions of his heart Irreversible perfusion defects resulting in enhanced uptake of the nuclear isotope Improved perfusion throughout his heart due to the angioplasty procedure. Increased coronary blood flow as evidenced by reduced ventricular wall motion