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 a confidence that assures fast, accurate results.

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 (Pike Creek Only)
Procedures Available

• Duplex Doppler Scan Carotid Arteries, Complete Bilateral
• Duplex Doppler Scan (Imaging) Venous Lower Extremity
  ___ one leg ___ both legs
• Duplex Doppler Scan (Imaging) Arterial Lower Extremity
  ___ one leg ___ both legs
• 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

• Holter Monitoring
• Loop Monitoring
• 24 hr. blood pressure monitoring
• EKG
• Event Recorders
• Pacemaker Checks
• Signal Averaged EKG

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