Information for Patients
When a patient presents with symptoms of heart failure or is suspected to have symptoms of cardiomyopathy, there are certain diagnostic tests we may perform to identify the diagnosis. Below is a brief explanation of a selected group of tests that are commonly used in our cardiology department.
- Electrocardiogram/ECG
- Holter Monitor/24-Hour ECG
- External Event Recorder
- Implantable Event Recorder
- 24-hour Blood Pressure Monitoring
- Exercise-Stress Test
- Echocardiography
- Dobutamin-Stressechocardiography
- Vascular/Doppler Ultrasound of the Peripheral Vessels and the Carotid Arteries
- Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Imaging (CMR)
- Positron Emission Tomography (PET) and PET Computed Tomography (PET CT)
- Cardiac Catheterization/Coronary Angiography/Stent Implantation
- Endomyocardial Biopsy/Heart Biopsy
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