Diagnosing Heart Disease - Southern New Hampshire Health

Doctors may suspect heart disease based on your symptoms, medical or family history, or risk factors.

We offer a number of diagnostic tests through Foundation Cardiology:

Diagnostic tests include:

Cardiac Catheterization: A diagnostic heart test to find out how well the heart works, and if any of the arteries feeding the heart muscle (coronary arteries) are blocked. Learn how to prepare for this test and what to expect.

Computed Tomography Angiography (CTA): An imaging test that uses X-rays, computer technology and injected dye to take pictures of blood vessels.

Dobutamine Stress Echocardiogram (DEC): A test to look at heart structure, and to see how the heart works under stress.

Echocardiogram: A test that uses harmless sound waves to make two-dimensional images of the heart and its internal structure.

Electrophysiology: A procedure to study the heart’s electrical system, to test for arrhythmia.

Exercise Myoview (EMYOVIEW): A treadmill exercise test that combines exercise with nuclear imaging to check blood flow to the heart muscle.

Exercise Stress Echocardiogram: A test that combines an ultrasound study of the heart, with an exercise stress test, to see how the heart muscle responds to stress.

Exercise Tolerance Test (ETT): A test that lets doctors check whether there is enough blood supply to the heart during different levels of exercise.

Implantable Loop Recorder: This device monitors heart rhythm. It can help determine the cause of fainting spells and whether you may need a pacemaker.

Nuclear Stress Test: A test that uses nuclear imaging to check blood flow to the heart muscle, or identify blockages in coronary arteries.

Transesophageal Echocardiogram (TEE): A test that sends harmless sound waves to the heart through a small scope placed down the throat to create a picture of the heart.