Diagnosis

The Reading Hospital Regional Heart Center offers the most comprehensive, state-of-the-art methods for assessing the presence of heart disease - in some cases, long before symptoms become evident.

• Cardiac Ultrasound (Echocardiography) a diagnostic technique that uses ultrasound waves to produce an image of the heart as it is beating... details
• Doppler Imaging uses colors to display blood flow on a two-dimensional image... details
• Transesophageal Ultrasound Echocardiogram is a diagnostic procedure in which a tube is inserted into the esophagus to provide a magnified view of the heart... details
• Nuclear Cardiology
  • Myocardial Perfusion Scan utilizes radioisotopes or radionuclide in diagnosis... details
  • MUGA Scan visualizes how well the heart pumps... details
• EKG is one of the simplest and fastest procedures used to evaluate the heart... details
• Stress Tests
  • Dobutamine Stress Echocardiogram Study utilizes a special instrument called a transducer... details
  • Pharmacologic Myocardial Perfusion Study monitors heart rhythm and blood pressure... details
  • Exercise Stress Echocardiogram provides your physician with additional information about your heart... details
  • Myocardial Perfusion Exercise Study allows your physician to study your heart's ability to receive and use oxygen during physical activity... details
• Holter Monitor is a small tape recorder specifically designed to record your heart rhythm ... details
• Tilt Testing allows your physician to monitor your heart and blood pressure while you are assisted in standing... details
• Laboratory Studies
  • Lipid Profile is a group of tests ordered together... details
  • Troponin I may be ordered when a patient has chest pain... details
  • C-Reactive Protein (CRP) CRP is a protein produced by the liver... details
  • BNP (B-Type Natriuretic Peptide) is a protein produced by the heart and blood vessels... details
• Cardiac Catheterization allows a cardiologist to locate blockages in the heart’s blood vessels by inserting a tube into an artery... details
• Electrophysiology Study is the study of the heart's conduction system... details

 

For more information, contact The Reading Regional Heart Center: 610-988-HELP.