Areas of Expertise
Non-Invasive Diagnostic Imaging
Non-invasive diagnostic tools allow the cardiologist to diagnose a condition without invading the body, thus avoiding recovery time and risk of complications. Imaging allows cardiologists to see how your heart is performing both at rest and while under stress. The combination of these two methods of investigation is non-invasive diagnostic imaging, one of our specialties here at Midwest Cardiology.
Our goal is to treat you in the safest and most effective way possible, while at the same time minimizing risk and unnecessary surgeries.
We are adding new technologies to our services every day. The non-invasive diagnostic services we offer are listed below.
Echocardiography
Our state-of-the-art, accredited echocardiography laboratory has special capabilities, all of which ensure the highest quality of care for you and your family:
- Complete 2-dimensional and color echocardiogram;
- Tissue doppler echocardiogram (TDI);
- Transesophageal echocardiogram;
- Contrast echocardiographic imaging; and
- Atrioventricular and biventricular synchronization with TDI (Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy).
Stress Testing
- Treadmill ECG stress test;
- Cardiolite/Myoview SPECT Nuclear stress test (exercise or pharmacological with regadenoson/dobutamine);
- Viability Nuclear SPECT imaging;
- MUGA scans;
- Exercise stress echocardiography with or without contrast imaging; and
- Dobutamine stress echocardiography with or without contrast imaging.
Vascular Imaging
- Resting and exercise ABI -- ankle brachial index;
- Non-invasive ultrasound/Doppler detection of carotid artery for stroke and transient ischemic attack;
- Renal ultrasound for renal artery stenosis;
- Ultrasound-Doppler detection of arterial and venous disease of the lower and upper extremities;
- Screening and follow-up ultrasound/Doppler of abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA); and
- Cardiac computed tomography (CT).
- In addition to basic cardiac CT, we provide:
- Quantitative measurement of calcium deposition of the coronary arteries (Calcium score);
- CT angiography to assess coronary artery disease, evaluate right and left ventricular function, and to diagnose pathology involving the pericardium, myocardium, atriums, ventricles, and the surrounding vessels; and
- CT imaging of the left atrium and/or coronary veins in preparation for atrial fibrillation isolation procedure or placement of a BiVentricular pacemaker, respectively.
