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New and advanced cardiac diagnostic testing helps doctors find out how well the heart and lungs are working. Using invasive and minimally-invasive tests, doctors are able to diagnose heart disease, see the effects caused by a heart attack and monitor how chronic heart patients are doing. Results can also show if treatment has been effective and whether other treatments or interventions are necessary.
An intraoperative real time 3-D echocardiogram displaying mitral valve prolapse, a valvular heart disorder in which one or both mitral valve leaflets close incompletely often resulting in mitral regurgitation (backward flow of blood into the atrium). |
The Cardiac Diagnostics team at UHN’s Toronto Western Hospital use the latest equipment to not only diagnose disease but they have the ability to accurately determine how serious the disease is, which is where the real power lies.
Our skilled diagnostics team uses the latest technology to perform the following tests; angiogram, echocardiogram, cardiac stress testing (stress echo and stress myocardial perfusion imaging), cardiopulmonary testing and holter monitoring
