Tests to Diagnose Heart Disease

Tests to detect Heart Disease
An overview of the various diagnostic modalities to detect heart attack.

Stress Thallium testing
A description of this radio-isotope based test to detect ischemia of the heart due to coronary artery disease.

Exercise stress test - A simple way to spot heart disease
An article from the Mayo Clinic explaining all about the exercise stress EKG that helps detect signs of heart disease early on.

Tests for coronary atherosclerosis
Doctors use a battery of diagnostic tests to confirm if their patients have a particular disease. Read about some used to detect coronary atherosclerosis.

More tests for coronary artery disease
Stress EKG, Echocardiography, CT scan, MRI scan and PET scan may also provide useful information about coronary atherosclerosis.

Scan may predict your risk for coronary artery disease
A novel test to find out if you are at a higher risk of getting a heart attack.