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	Diagnostic procedures A reference guide so you know what to expect
	Get the help you need After a diagnosis or heart attack, what do you do?
	Second opinion A simple program to make sure the diagnosis is right
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Diagnostic procedures

A reference guide so you know what to expect

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If you are having tests or procedures done at St. Luke's, please read this before your visit.

Electrocardiograph tests

• Electrocardiogram (ECG/EKG)
• Exercise stress test
• Metabolic exercise stress test
• Tilt test

Nuclear imaging

• Multigated acquisition scan
• Positron emission tomography (PET)
• Sestamibi exercise stress test
• Thallium exercise stress test

Ultrasound tests

• Echocardiogram
• Exercise stress echocardiogram
• Dobutamine stress echocardiogram
• Transesophageal echocardiogram

Radiographic tests

• Calcium-score screening heart scan
• Cardiac computed tomography (CT)
• Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)
• Magnetic resonance angiography (MRA)

Invasive testing

• Angiography (carotid, peripheral, heart) [ See animation of this procedure ]
• Cardiac catherization
• Intravascular ultrasound
• Electrophysiology study (EP study)
• Myocardial biopsy

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