Treatments Provided

Advanced heart imaging

3D pictures of your heart and arteries that you doctor can view using nuclear medicine,  CTs and MRIs. These include CT angiograms (CTA) and magnetic resonance angiograms (MRA).

Ankle-brachial index test

A blood pressure cuff is used to measure blood pressure in your arms, legs and feet to see if you have peripheral artery disease.

Blood pressure monitoring

A monitor, worn on your belt, to measure your blood pressure over 24 hours using a blood pressure cuff.

Cardiac catheterization

A minimally invasive procedure, where your doctor makes a small incision (cut) in your upper thigh or arm and inserts a catheter (a thin, flexible tube) into a large blood vessel that leads to your heart. Your doctor will then evaluate blood flow in and around your heart to determine if you have any heart disease.

Cardiac stress test

This test monitors your heart while you’re walking on a treadmill. If you can’t exercise, you’ll be given medicine to raise your heart rate instead.

Echocardiogram

An echocardiogram uses ultrasound (sound waves) from a wand-like device called a transducer. A sonographer glides it across your chest to examine your heart after a heart attack or to check for a heart murmur.

Electrocardiogram (EKG)

An EKG is a test to evaluate your heartbeat and diagnose heart arrhythmias (abnormal heartbeats). Your doctor places stickers with tiny electrodes on your chest to measure your heart’s electrical activity.

Electrophysiology study (EPS)

An EPS maps how electrical signals travel through your heart and diagnoses arrhythmias. Using catheters (small tubes), it measures activity in different parts of your heart; delivers medicine to alter electrical activity; or stimulates or slows down your heartbeat. It’s also used to guide catheter ablation.

Implantable loop recorder

If a wearable heart monitor doesn’t show what's causing symptoms such as fainting or an occasional irregular heartbeat, an implantable loop recorder can record your heart activity for up to three years. It’s inserted under the skin of your chest through a tiny incision. It can be done in your doctor’s office, using a local anesthetic (painkiller).

Nuclear cardiac testing

These tests use a small amount of a radioactive substance (tracer) and a camera to see how much blood your heart muscle receives (blood flow) and pumps out with each heartbeat. A nuclear imaging test can also be performed as a stress test, called myocardial perfusion, to assess your heart during exercise.

Tilt table testing

If you often faint or feel lightheaded, your doctor may use this test to find out what's causing your symptoms. You’ll lie on a table that will be slowly tilted upward. As you change position, your blood pressure and heart rate are checked. The test is repeated after you’re given medicine to stimulate your heart and your doctor will measure the response and compare it to the rates from the first test.

Transesophageal echocardiogram

A probe that’s guided down your throat to create a video of your heart.

Vascular ultrasound

A test to discover any narrowing, blockages or abnormalities in your veins and arteries. Your doctor may use this test to diagnose peripheral artery disease or deep vein thrombosis.

Wearable heart monitors

Arrhythmias don’t happen all the time, so doctors use external heart-monitoring devices to capture irregular heartbeats when they occur. We provide these monitors, known as Holter monitors, to record your heartbeat for a day or two. Event monitors are similar and are used to measure your heartbeat for three or four weeks.