Advanced Diagnostics

At our Heart and Vascular Center, we offer a full scope of advanced diagnostic procedures - including one of the most advanced catheterization labs in the area - to provide our cardiac specialists with the information they need to make a diagnosis, determine the severity of your condition and develop the best treatment plan.

Services include:

• Heart ultrasound - Also called an echocardiogram, this test uses ultrasound waves to produce images of your heart.

• Stress testing - This test, which is performed on a treadmill, shows how blood flows to your heart during physical activity.

• Diagnostic Cardiac catheterization - This procedure helps locate narrowed coronary arteries and determines how well your heart is functioning. A cardiologist threads a catheter through your artery to your heart. X-ray images reveal how injected dye moves through your blood vessels and heart.

• Electrophysiology services - Patients diagnosed with abnormal heart rhythms have access to a variety of diagnostic tests and treatment procedures to correct these conditions.

• Holter monitoring/cardiac event recording - By attaching patches to your skin, our specialists can monitor the electrical activity of your heart over a period of time.

• Tilt-table testing - This simple procedure studies how changes in body position impact your heart rate and blood pressure.

• Peripheral vascular disease (PVD) testing - Tests are available to look for PVD, which is most commonly caused by hardening of the arteries.