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Common Tests and Procedures
Your doctor has a number of tests available to help determine if you have a coronary artery disease. Below is a list of the most common cardiac tests. Click on any to learn more about:
- What the test tells the doctor
- What happens before the test
- What you will experience during the test
- What to expect after the test
Note that the more common name of the test appears in the parentheses.
Common Tests:
- Cardiac Magnetic Resource Imaging (MRI)
- Cardiopulmonary Testing (SV02)
- Diagnostic Cardiac Catheterization/Arteriography (Cardiac Cath)
- Electrocardiogram (ECG or EKG)
- Electrophysiology Testing
- Event Monitor
- Exercise Testing (Stress Testing)
- Holter Monitoring
- Implantable Loop Recorders
- Nuclear Perfusion Imaging (Nuclear Cardiology Stress Testing)
- Radionuclide Ventriculogram (RVG)
- Stress Echocardiogram or Dobutamine Echocardiogram (Echo)
- Tilt Testing
- Transesophageal Echocardiogram (TEE)
About Stress Tests
Stress Tests show how your heart responds to exercise. A stress test is useful in determining if your heart is not getting enough oxygen, which causes chest discomfort. During the stress test, an ECG is recorded while you walk on a treadmill. Click below to read about the two kinds of stress tests that Vanderbilt offers:
