Diagnostic Cardiology

The Heart & Vascular Institute at Santa Rosa Memorial offers state-of-the-art diagnostic procedures to aid in the evaluation, diagnosis and treatment of possible heart disease. Patients who have experienced shortness of breath, episodes of fainting, chest pain or noticeable rhythm disturbances - for example feeling the heart flutter - are evaluated to find the cause of their symptoms.

Non-Invasive Diagnostic procedures include:

• Cardiac CT Angiography
• Echocardiography
• EKG
• Nuclear Cardiology/Stress Testing: treadmil, non-treadmill, stress echocardiography, pharmacological stress test, etc.
• Tilt Test

Invasive Diagnostic procedures include:

• Blood work: cholesterol, blood pressure, etc.
• Transesophageal echo
• Cardioversion