The Tests We Do In The Office

• ECG
  ECG provides an electrical map of the heart by applying electrodes on the surface of the chest
  
  
• Stress Echocardiogram
  A stress echocardiogram allows your doctor a more visual view of your heart. An echocardiogram creates still and moving pictures of your heart at rest by bouncing sound waves off the heart from a device called a transducer. The waves are then used to create a picture of your heart. During a stress echocardiogram, your doctor will perform an echocardiogram while you are resting and then again after you have exercised on a treadmill. The information allows the doctor to learn more about the muscles, valves and other structures of the heart.
  
  
• Exercise Stress Test (Stress ECG or Stress Test)
  A stress ECG is basically an ECG that is performed while the patient is exercising on a treadmill. It allows your doctor to see how your heart functions under stress and tells him how healthy your heart is.
  
  
• Cardiac Ultrasound/echo
  Allows visualisation of your heart’s structure and function using ultrasound waves
  
  
• Arrythmia Investigation
  We perform 24-72 hr cardiac monitoring to help identify abnormal cardiac rhythms. patients requiring further invasive Electrophysiological assessment are referred usually to POWH or RPAH.
  
  
• Hypertension
  Occasionally office BP assessment maybe confounded by anxiety ("white coat syndrome"). 24 hour BP monitoring may provide a more accurate BP assessment.