Diagnosing Cardiac Function and Blood Flow

MetroSouth Medical Center offers diagnostic procedures to evaluate structure, function and blood flow:

• ECHO – Echocardiogram
  Much more detailed than an X-ray, an echocardiogram uses sound waves to take pictures of the heart without any radiation exposure.

• TEE - Transesophogeal Echocardiography
  If regular echocardiogram results are unclear, your physician may request the TEE. After numbing the throat, a scope is threaded down the throat allowing for a clearer, two-dimensional echocardiogram of the heart.

• Intravascular Ultrasound
  This test is a combination of a heart ultrasound (echocardiogram) and cardiac catheterization. Through the use of sound waves, this test allows a technician to see inside coronary arteries.
   

To schedule an appointment with a MetroSouth Medical center physician, please call 708-489-7925.