Heart Disease: Diagnosis & Tests (Cardiac Disease)

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Heart Disease

Alternate Names : Cardiac Disease

Heart Disease | Symptoms & Signs | Diagnosis & Tests | Prevention & Expectations | Treatment & Monitoring

How is the disease diagnosed?

Heart disease is often suspected after a medical history is taken and a physical exam is performed. Further tests may be done to determine the type, severity, and cause of the heart condition. These may include:

blood and urine tests

cardiac catheterization, a special X-ray done with a contrast agent to look at the heart and its blood supply

chest X-ray

echocardiogram, which uses sound waves to view the beating heart

electrocardiogram, or EKG, which shows the electrical activity of the heart

stress EKG tests, in which the person either walks on a treadmill or receives a medicine while the effects on the heart are examined with an EKG or imaging test

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Author: Adam Brochert, MD
Reviewer: Eileen McLaughlin, RN, BSN
Date Reviewed: 08/08/01

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