Heart Screenings & Imaging

An accurate diagnosis is the first, and perhaps most important, step to treating heart disease. Raleigh General Hospital offers advanced digital diagnostic capabilities that enable physicians to instantly identify problem areas, helping to determine the best treatment option for our patients quickly.

Raleigh General Hospital cardiologists and trained technicians perform procedures in specially equipped labs. In most cases, a physician's order is required before a test can be performed.

Diagnostic services offered:

• • • Stress tests
      • • Exercise stress tests with treadmill
        • Nuclear stress tests with imaging
        • Stress echocardiograms with medication
    • Diagnostic Echocardiograms with and without Contrast Agent
    • Transesophageal Echocardiograms
    • 12 Lead EKG
    • Cardiac Arrythmia Monitoring:
      
      • • 24 and 48 Hour Holter Monitoring:
          • • Wireless Holter Monitor: A Holter monitor that does not have wires or electrodes attached to the chest.
        • 7 to 14 day Cardiac Arrythmia Monitoring:
          • • Event Monitors: Monitors that record the heart rhythm only when the user presses a button or when the monitor detects an abnormality.
    • 30 day Mobile Telemetry-
      • • Mobile Cardiac Outpatient Telemetry (MCOT)
    • Coronary CT Angiogram with Calcium Scoring for risk stratification of CAD
    • CT Angiogram (CTA) of the Peripheral Arteries for case planning and imaging for treatment plan
    • Cardiac calcium scoring