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Patient Instructions
Are you having testing or treatment performed
at our offices? To learn more about what you are going
to
have
done, find
the test and click on the link. Here you will learn how to
prepare for your test, what medications you should not take
before your test and what to expect.
Enhanced External Counter
Pulsation/EECP
EECP is a non-surgical, mechanical procedure that can reduce the symptoms of
angina pectoris, by increasing coronary blood flow in areas
of the heart that lack blood flow. Please click here
for details
Cardiac Nuclear Perfusion
Stress Tests
Cardiac nuclear perfusion stress tests, sometimes called nuclear
stress tests, come in two varieties: Exercise Nuclear Perfusion Stress Tests
and Pharmacological Nuclear Perfusion Stress Tests. Both are ways
of checking blood flow through the muscle (or walls) of
your heart. A
tracer
dye is given to you through an IV inserted in your arm.
A camera scans the tracer in the blood as it flows through your heart muscle. Please
click here for details
Echocardiogram
An echocardiogram is an imaging test that uses harmless sound waves. It shows
how well your heart muscle is working, as well as how large your heart is.
The sound waves are used like an ultrasound and are viewed on a monitor. Please
click here for details
Stress Echocardiogram
A stress echocardiogram is like the echocardiogram
described above except that the testing is done both before
and after exercising in order to detect changes in the way
your heart responds to exertion. Please
click here for details
Exercise Treadmill Stress
Test
An exercise treadmill stress test is an electrocardiogram
(EKG or ECG) conducted while walking on a treadmill to measure
the heart's response to the stress of physical activity. Please
click here for details
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