Heart Center Services
Imaging/Diagnostic & Vascular Services
Imaging/Diagnostic & Vascular Services
LewisGale Heart Center utilizes a fully-equipped, state of the art Cardiac Vascular Lab, where the most recent technology is used in the detection of cardiovascular diseases. Our center performs studies on the complete vascular system, including studies of coronary arteries, carotid arteries, peripheral arteries in the arms, legs and other extremities of the body. Additionally, our Heart Center recently introduced PET Scanning through its diagnostic and imaging department, where other cardiac diagnostic tools are available.
Most often, your physician will use one of the following tests in his or her first defense in detecting cardiovascular disease. Some of these tests may be ordered by your primary care physician as an annual screening tool or as a preliminary test when heart disease may be suspected:
- 24/48-hour Holter Monitoring
- 30-day Event Monitors
- Biosite (rapid turnaround & cardiac enzymes)
- Cardiac PET Scanning
- Cardiolite Stress Tests
- Comprehensive Noninvasive vascular testing
- Dobutamine Stress Tests
- EKG
- Echocardiographpy
- Exercise Stress Tests
- Intraoperataive Echocardiography
- Persantine Stress Tests
- Stress Echocardiography
- Transesophageal Echocardiography