Heart Testing Procedures

MetroSouth Medical Center offers a comprehensive offering of diagnostic procedures for patients with suspected heart disease.  All of our physicians appreciate that the ultimate success of our treatment plans rely on the accurate diagnosis of the disease.  Our significant experience in treating patients with heart disease adds unique insight and thoroughness into the diagnostic process.

MetroSouth Medical Center heart specialists may order one or more of the following tests to pinpoint and target your heart disease.

Structure, function and blood flow:

• ECHO - Echocardiography
• TEE - Transesophogeal Echocardiography
• Intravascular Ultrasound

Electrocardiogram

• Electrocardiogram
• Holter monitoring
• Electrophysiology study
• Tilt table test

Circulation and how blood is pumped through the heart and body:

• Cardiac catheterization/coronary angiography 
• Stress echocardiography
• Nuclear medicine stress test