The Cardiac Diagnostic
Centers are outpatient testing facilitates designed to
provide quality cardiac testing services. Equipped with
state-of-the-art technology, our professionally trained
staff performs with an efficiency that assures fast, accurate
results. The Cardiac Diagnostic Centers are triple-accredited outpatient facilities.
  
Testing provided at CDC with indications for ordering:
Myocardial Imaging
Cardiolite Stress Testing
- Detection
of coronary artery disease
- Determining
myocardial viability
- Pharmacological stress (persantine and
dobutamine)
- Evaluation of known coronary lesions pre
and post PTCA/CABG
- Ejection Fraction determination (Gated
studies)
- Wall motion
- Answers to your questions about
Gated Cardiolite
Pharmacologic Stress Test
- Same
as above
- Indicated for patients who
are unable to walk on treadmill such as lower extremities
limitations and COPD.
Echocardiography/Doppler
with Color Flow
2-D (Real Time)/M-Mode
- Detection
of coronary disease
- Detection of regional wall motion abnormalities
- Assessment
of left ventricular function
- Evaluation of valvular heart
disease
- Detection of intracardiac tumors and thrombus
- Diagnosis
of IHSS and other hypertrophic cardiomyopathies
- Detection
of congenital heart disease
- Answers to your questions about
Echocardiography
Exercise Treadmill
- Detection of cardiovascular
disease and change in cardiovascular status
- Evaluation of
patients entering exercise/aerobic programs
- Determination
of functional exercise capability for pre- and post-bypass
surgery and pre- and post-angioplasty patients.
Peripheral Vascular
Testing
Procedures Available
- Duplex Doppler
Scan Carotid Arteries, Complete Bilateral
- Duplex Doppler Scan
(Imaging) Venous Lower Extremity
- Duplex Doppler Scan (Imaging) Arterial
Lower Extremity
- Duplex Doppler Scan Abdominal Aorta
(Do not eat or drink after midnight)
- Duplex Doppler Scan Renal
Arteries (Do not eat or drink after midnight)
- Circulatory
Evaluation of Lower Extremity (No imaging w/ blood pressures)
- Ankle
/ Brachial Index, ABI _____ ABI with Exercise
- Segmental Leg
Pressures _____ ABI without Exercise
- Pulse Volume Recording
Common Indications
- Stroke and Transient Ischemic Attacks
- Carotid
Bruits
- Intracranial Stenosis
- Edema
- Claudication
- Diminished Pulses
- Arterial Bypass Graft Evaluation
- Hypertension-Suspected
Renal Artery Stenosis
- Aneurysm of Abdominal Aorta
Other Services
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