Heart Care Tests
Heart Care Tests
Exercise Stress Testing
A cardiology technician places several small electrodes on your chest that are attached to an electrocardiograph (EKG) to monitor your heart rhythm before, during, and after exercise. It is designed to predict whether the patient has coronary disease.
Nuclear Cardiac Imaging
During exercise, a safe radioisotope (MIBI) is injected into your bloodstream through an intravenous line attached to your arm. This allows the cardiologist to evaluate your heart for coronary disease using pictures generated by a nuclear camera. Persantine with MIBI If you are unable to exercise, a medication is injected into your bloodstream along with MIBI to see which areas of your heart may not be receiving sufficient blood flow. You will be lying on a table during most of the test with little or no physical activity required.
Cardiac Ultrasound
Echocardiography uses high frequency sound waves, computer technology and television to create a detailed color picture of your heart non-invasively. It enables doctors to examine the size and function of your heart with no pain.
Transesophageal Echocardiography
A Transesophageal Echocardiography (TEE) is a test that enables doctors to obtain images of the heart from inside the esophagus.A long flexible tube is inserted into the mouth and down the esophagus to produce images of the heart by ultrasound. You may require a small amount of intravenous sedation for this procedure.
Stress Echo
An exercise echocardiogram (also known as a stress echo) is a test that combines an ultrasound study of the heart with an exercise treadmill test. The test allows doctors to learn whether the vessels of the heart are blocked or not.
Dobutamine Stress Echo
A Dobutamine stress echocardiogram is a test that combines an ultrasound study of the heart with a medication-induced stress test. The test allows the cardiologist to learn more about the coronary arteries without having to exercise.
Holter Monitor
A Holter Monitor is a light – weight recording device connected to EKG electrodes that you wear on a strap for 24 hours as you go about your daily activities. It is especially useful in diagnosing abnormal heart rhythms.
Event Monitoring
An event monitor (also known as a “loop” recorder) is a patient activated electrocardiograph monitor which captures EKG data prior to, during, and immediately after a symptom is experienced. This a practical and convenient means of collecting EKGs associated with cardiac symptoms over an extended period of time.
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Craig C. Berry, MD
New England Heart Institute
166 Kinsley St
Suite 301
Nashua, NH 3060
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Jeffrey F. Bleakley, MD
New England Heart Institute
100 McGregor Street
Manchester, NH 3102
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Robert C. Capodilupo, MD
New England Heart Institute
100 McGregor Street
Manchester, NH 3102
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Robert Dewey, MD
New England Heart Institute
100 McGregor Street
Manchester, NH 3102
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Philip J. Fitzpatrick, MD
New England Heart Institute
100 McGregor Street
Manchester, NH 3102
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James M. Flynn, MD
New England Heart Institute
100 McGregor Street
Manchester, NH 3102
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