Heart Screening and Diagnostic Tests

Successfully treating thousands of patients every year.

At Sharp, we utilize many advanced nonsurgical diagnostic tests to determine whether a patient has heart, vascular and/or peripheral vascular disease, and to discover how the disease is progressing.

Heart disease

Diagnostic tests and evaluations for heart disease include:

• Angiography
• Cardiac calcium scoring
• Cardiac catheterization
• Cardiac magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)
• Chemical stress test
• Computerized tomography (CT) scan
• Electrophysiology test
• Electrophysiology study
• Event recorder
• Exercise stress test
• Holter monitor
• Positron emission tomography (PET) scan
• Tilt table test
• Transesophageal echocardiogram (TEE)

Vascular and peripheral vascular disease

Most tests for vascular and peripheral vascular disease do not require surgery. These tests and evaluations for vascular disease include:

• Computed tomography angiography (CTA)
• Magnetic resonance angiography (MRA)
• Ultrasound
• Carotid and arch vascular exams
• Upper and lower extremity arterial exams
• Upper and lower extremity venous exams

Sometimes the results of a nonsurgical test indicate that an additional test is needed. In that case, your physician or vascular specialist may order an angiogram for further evaluation of the disease. During an angiogram, a colorless liquid dye is injected through small narrow tubes into selected vessels to visualize the location and extent of vascular disease.

Through our convenient Find a Doctor tool, you can easily choose the right cardiovascular disease specialist for you.