Diagnostic Tests

Beaumont Hospital, Royal Oak, was the first in the world to install an MRI unit dedicated solely to the heart. Both Royal Oak and Troy also offer leading edge 3-D cardiac CT scan technology that detects coronary artery disease earlier than traditional methods.  Our move to cardiac imaging is based in part on research done at the Center for Advanced Cardiovascular Imaging that showed CT coronary angiography leads to faster diagnosis of patients with acute chest pain. Research also shows that cardiac CT scans are nearly as reliable as traditional cardiac catheterization in detecting arterial blockages.

Diagnostic

• Cardiac MRI
• Cardiac PET/CT
• Cardiac CT
• Coronary angiogram/heart catheterization
• Electrocardiogram (EKG)
• Electrophysiology studies with induction of arrhythmias
• Duplex Ultrasound
• Echocardiogram
• Intracoronary pressure and Doppler wire evaluation
• Stress Nuclear Perfusion Cardiac Imaging
• SPECT myocardial perfusion imaging
• PET myocardial perfusion imaging
• PET quantification determinations (coronary flow reserve and left ventricular systolic function [LVEF] reserve)
• PET cardiac viability imaging
• PET cardiac inflammation imaging for sarcoidosis
• Rest radionuclide ventriculography (MUGA)
• Stress radionuclide ventriculography (MUGA)
• Transesophegeal echocardiogram (TEE)
• First-pass radionuclide ventriculography (MUGA)