Tuesday, March 17, 2020

Some Of The Most Effective And Essential Cardiac Testing

There are a number of heart diseases including Congenital heart disease, Coronary artery disease, Dilated cardiomyopathy, Myocardial infarction and Heart failure that can be recognized by cardiac testing. These cardiac abnormalities are short-term that can be diagnosed by cardiac testing and essential steps can be taken to avoid them. Especially, when patients are suffering from severe breathlessness, chest pain, palpitations, spells of dizziness and fainting or blackouts, cardiac testing on Long Island becomes your safest bet. Some of the procedures that are performed in cardiac testing are:

  • Electrocardiogram
  • Echocardiogram
  • Exercise Stress Tests
  • Pharmacological Stress Tests
  • Myocardial Perfusion Imaging
  • Holter and Event Monitors
  • Cardiac ultrasound
  • Defibrillator and Pacemaker evaluations
These combinations of non-invasive and invasive tests and medical history of patients are used to predict the risk of cardiac disease. Based on the results, your doctor can suggest medical treatment that you need to undergo.
In this post, we have discussed some of the tests in brief that can help you seek the best result to avoid cardiac issues.

Electrocardiogram (ECG or EKG) - The results of the EKG will help cardiologist to diagnose:


  • Abnormal heart rhythms that will produce an irregular pattern that will vary from the characteristic EKG pattern
  • A myocardial infarction that may have occurred in the past
  •  Poor blood flow to the heart muscle
  • An enlarged heart that will result in bigger impulses than normal 


Holter Monitor / Loop Recorder -  Holter Monitor helps in continuously recording the heart’s rhythm of patients on their daily activities. These devices help:


  • Detect irregular heartbeats
  • Identify poor blood flow to the heart muscle
  •  Examine the response of the heart to a pacemaker
  •  Determine the effectiveness of medications
  •  Diagnose any heart attacks that may have occurred in the past
  • Determine the cause of chest pains, breathlessness and dizziness


Stress Echocardiography - This test helps the patients to diagnose whether they are getting enough oxygen-rich blood and identify any cause of dizziness or breathlessness.


  •  Detecting blocked coronary arteries
  • Diagnosing heart enlargement
  • Detecting pericardial disease
  • Investigating the overall functioning of heart muscle
  • Detecting heart defects that are present from birth
  • Detecting any damage caused by heart attacks

I hope you must have found the content helpful in understanding which type of cardiac test you need to consider for yourself and your family members.

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