- Electrocardiogram (ECG or EKG)—As heart contracts and relaxes, this records the electrical activity .The ECG can detect irregular heartbeats, some areas of damage, imperfect blood flow, and heart elongation.
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- Echocardiogram-An echocardiogram is an ultrasound of your heart. It uses sound waves to generate a picture of your heart. Aditya Hospital Team may use it to check your heart valves and heart muscles.
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- Coronary angiography (or arteriography)—A test that uses dye and special X-rays to show the innermost of your coronary arteries.
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- Holter monitor – Over a period of 24 to 48 hours, Sometimes doctor needs to supervise your heart, they will ask you to wear a device called a Holter monitor. This small machine works like a continuous EKG. Your doctor can use it to check for heart irregularities that can unfamiliar on a normal EKG, such as arrhythmias.
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- Cardiac computerized tomography (CT) scan. This test is often used to check for heart problems. In a cardiac CT scan, you lie on a table inside a doughnut-shaped machine. An X-ray tube inside the machine move around your body and assemble images of your heart and chest.
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- Cardiac magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). For this test, you lie on a table inside a long tube-like machine that produces a magnetic field. The magnetic field produces pictures to help your doctor to check your heart.
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