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At the CHOC Heart Institute, we believe every patient is unique. Patients may undergo several diagnostic tests to help our specialists make or confirm a diagnosis. The Heart Institute features comprehensive, interdisciplinary cardiac services, including:

Heart Failure
Metabolic
Neuromuscular
Hemangioma
Postoperative Surveillance
Cardiovascular Genetics
Electrophysiology
Adolescent Cardiology
Red Blood Cell
Onco-cardiology
Pediatric Preventive Cardiology (obesity, hypertension, lipid management)
Sports Cardiology

The Heart Institute’s Cardiac Services is responsible for the provision of diagnostic cardiac testing services to inpatients and outpatients. Specific cardiac labs include the following: ECG Lab, Echo Lab, Exercise Lab, Cardiac Catheterization Lab and Pacer Lab.

In order to accurately diagnose and treat each patient, an array of comprehensive multispecialty cardiodiagnostic services is provided, including:

Electrocardiogram (EKG), Holter Monitoring and Cardiac Event Monitor Recording
Cardiac Stress Test and Cardiac Pulmonary Testing (CPX)
Pulmonary Function Testing (PFT)
Transthoracic and Transesophageal Echocardiography
Fetal Echocardiography/Prenatal Cardiac Diagnosis
Diagnostic Cardiac Catheterization
Therapeutic Cardiac Catheterization (Catheter Deployed Devices, Radiofrequency and Cryoablation)
Pacemaker and Internal Cardiac Defibrillator (ICD) Interrogation and Reprogramming
Coordination of General Radiology (CXR, MR, CT), Echocardiographic and Fluoroscopic Imaging
Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance (MR) and Computerized Tomographic (CT) Angiography
Hybrid Cardiothoracic Interventions
Congenital Cardiothoracic Surgery
Cardiac Disease Surveillance
Cardiovascular Disease Data Registry Management