- Primary CareInsurances we accept: **[HMO Policies with Out-Of-Network Benefits only and with an authorized referral from your primary care doctor]
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- ElectrocardiogramThe next portion of the stress test is accomplished by walking on a moving belt called a treadmill. Several small pads called electrodes will be placed on your chest and an electrocardiograph (EKG) machine will monitor your heart rhythm. Your doctor will be present during this portion of the exam. The treadmill will move very slowly at first, and gradually increase in speed and incline. As you exercise, your heart rate and blood pressure will rise. This is normal. If you experience any unusual symptoms while walking on the treadmill, such as light-headedness or chest pain, tell the doctor or nurse supervising your test. After the stress portion of your exam, a second set of pictures of your heart will be taken. These are called your stress pictures. The procedure is then complete.
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- UltrasoundEchocardiography refers to the use of very high frequency sound waves transmitted through tissue to create static and dynamic (moving) images of the heart and surrounding tissues. By “bouncing” sound waves off of tissue and recording the reflected sounds, images can be made of many structures in the body without using radiation. The term echocardiography, coined in the very early days of sound wave imaging of the body, “stuck” with regard to imaging of the heart to this day, though the use of sound waves to study other parts of the body is now universally referred to as ultrasound. Although developed in the 1970’s, the many advances made in this noninvasive technology make it one of the most useful diagnostic tools to obtain immediate and clinically useful information about the heart. Echocardiography can provide a wide variety of information regarding heart function, cardiac valvular anatomy, cardiac chamber sizes and the integrity of the pericardium and great vessels. Aside from images of the heart in motion, measurements of blood flow to and through the heart can give cardiologists a surprising amount of information about the blood flow throughout the rest of the body, and into and through the lungs as well.
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- Nuclear MedicineWe are pleased to announce that our nuclear cardiology services are fully accredited by the Intersocietal Commission for the Accreditation of Nuclear Medicine Laboratories (ICANL.)