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Nuclear Medicine Stress Tests
A nuclear stress test measures blood flow to your heart at rest and while your heart is working harder as a result of exertion or medication. The test provides images that can show areas of low blood flow through the heart and damaged heart muscle. Read More
Echo-cardiogram
and stress
echo-cardiogram
A stress echocardiography, also called an echocardiography stress test or stress echo, is a procedure that determines how well your heart and blood vessels are working. During a stress echocardiography, you'll exercise on a treadmill or stationary bike while your doctor monitors your blood pressure and heart rhythm. Read More
Stress tests
Stress testing (sometimes called torture testing) is a form of deliberately intense or thorough testing used to determine the stability of a given system or entity. It involves testing beyond normal operational capacity, often to a breaking point, in order to observe the results. Reasons can include: Read More
IMPORTANT NOTES:
If you're scheduled for a Stress Test, these are the things that you need to do:
If you're scheduled in the morning:
Cannot have breakfast | No caffeine | No smoking
If you're scheduled after 12 PM:
You can have breakfast, but cannot have anything
four (4) hours before your stress test
No caffeine | No smoking
Pacemaker Check
Cardiac devices include pacemakers and ICDs (implantable cardioverter-defibrillators). Cardiac devices have very advanced features. Your doctor can program your device to work in different ways depending on your needs. Read More
Holter and Event Monitor
(24 - 48 hour and 30 day) Holter and event monitors are small, portable electrocardiogram devices that record your heart’s electrical activity for long periods of time while you do your normal activities. These monitors can record how fast your heart is beating, whether the rhythm of your heartbeats is steady or irregular, and the strength and timing of the electrical impulses passing through each part of your heart. Read More
HOME SLEEP STUDY
A home sleep apnea test is designed to be a convenient way to collect information about your sleep. Before your home sleep apnea test, you may have to go to the doctor’s office to pick up the equipment. Alternatively, someone may deliver the home sleep apnea test to your home.. more info
Chronic Care Management(CCM) is defined as the non-face-to-face services provided to Medicare beneficiaries who have multiple (two or more), significant chronic conditions. more info Call: 210-447-0066
Varicose Veins
Varicose veins are veins that have become enlarged and twisted. The term commonly refers to the veins on the leg,[1] although varicose veins can occur elsewhere. Veins have pairs of leaflet valves to prevent blood from flowing backwards (retrograde flow or venous reflux). Read More...
Lab work (Cholesterol and LFT testing) The test for total cholesterol is used alone or as part of a lipid profile to help predict an individual's risk of developing heart disease and to help make decisions about what treatment may be needed if there is borderline or high risk.
As part of a lipid profile (which includes other tests for
high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C), low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C), and triglycerides),
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