We record your heart's electrical rhythm and rule out atrial fibrillation, an uncontrolled and ineffective beating pattern which can lead to blood clot formation in the heart. The danger of these clots is that they can be pumped from your heart to your head which can cause a stroke.

We measure your blood pressure to rule out hypertension (high blood pressure) which results from the force of your blood pumping through your arteries. There are many causes of hypertension though often the cause for a particular person's high blood pressure are never known. However, the harmful effects of long-term and untreated hypertension are well-known.  The only way to know if you have hypertension is to have your blood pressure checked. That's one reason hypertension is commonly known as the 'Silent Killer' since there typically are NO SYMPTOMS.

 

EKG Rhythm Strip

Ultrasound imaging uses high-frequency sound waves (sound high above the range of human hearing) to view the heart. We take pictures of the heart chambers and valves, measure chamber sizes and heart wall thicknesses, measure the pumping capacity of the heart, and look at the blood flowing through the heart valves and chambers. These images and measurements allow us to evaluate for a great variety of heart diseases and abnormalities, both congenital (present at birth) and acquired (developed with age, through heredity, or through external sources). Please click here to learn the names of some diseases that can be discovered by a Cardiac HealthScreen.

Blood Pressure Monitoring

Cardiac Ultrasound