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Diagnostic testing

Aurora BayCare Medical Center is committed to providing the latest diagnostic technology to our patients.

Diagnostic testing:  Cardiology

Electrocardiograph (ECG) testing

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

Nuclear imaging

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

Ultrasound testing

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

Radiographic testing

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

Invasive testing

  • Angiography (carotid, peripheral, heart)
  • Cardiac catheterization
  • Intravascular ultrasound of coronary arteries
  • Electrophysiology study (EP study)
  • Myocardial biopsy
  • Pressure wire evaluation of coronary arteries
  • Right heart catheterization
  • Nitric oxide challenge for pulmonary hypertension

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Diagnostic testing:  Pulmonology

  • Arterial blood gas test
  • Bronchoscopy
  • Chest x-rays
  • CT (computed tomography) scans
  • Maximum ventilatory oxygen testing
  • Minimally invasive procedures for the diagnosis of lung cancer or other chest tumors
  • Pulmonary function test
  • Pulse oximetry
  • Pulmonary stress test
  • Sleep Study
  • 6-minute walk

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Diagnostic Testing:  Vascular

  • Ankle-brachial index
  • Carotid angiography
  • Carotid ultrasound
  • Computed tomography (CT) scans
  • Doppler ultrasound
  • Electrocardiogram
  • Magnetic resonance angiography (MRA)
  • Photoplethysmography
  • Pulse Volume Recording (PVR) waveform analysis
  • Reactive hyperemia test
  • Ultrasonic imaging of arm veins
  • Ultrasound of the abdominal aorta
  • Ultrasound of leg veins (Duplex Scanner)
  • Vascular access procedures for dialysis
  • Venography

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For more information, call the Heart, Lung & Vascular Center toll-free at 1-866-428-9750.

 


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