What Type of Tests Are Used for Heart Disease?

There several types of tests that a doctor can prescribe for you if he thinks you may have some sort of heart disease. Therefore, a patient's risk factors, history of heart problems, current symptoms and the doctor's interpretation of these factors also depends are which test he may want to run.

Noninvasive test are usually what most doctors choose to start with first.  That means they don't involve inserting instruments or fluids into the body

Some samples of noninvasive testing are:

  • Resting electrocardiogram (ECG or EKG)
  • Signal-averaged electrocardiogram (SAECG)
  • Chest X-ray
  • Halter monitor (ambulatory electrocardiogram)
  • Echocardiogram
  • Exercise stress test
  • Computed tomography (CT) scan
  • Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)
  • Magnetic resonance angiography (MRA)

Nuclear imaging testing are done to get a better picture of what is going on:

  • MUGA scan
  • Thallium stress test
  • Technetium stress test
  • Pharmacologic stress test 
  • PET test
  • Stress echocardiography

Other imaging testing used are:
Transesophageal echocardiogram (TEE)


 

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