Related Services
Related heart failure diagnostic services include:
- Echocardiography (ECG), including advanced modalities such as 3D echocardiography and supine bicycle echocardiography.
- Cardiac magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)
- Cardiac catheterization
- Myocardial biopsy to exclude myocarditis and infiltrative diseases
- Risk/survival assessment
- Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator (ICD) Insertion
- Pacemaker
- Cardiac resynchronization therapy
- Biventricular pacing device
- Electrocardiography (EKG)
- Exercise laboratory (VO2 max testing)
- Genetic testing and screening for:
Other Medical Treatments
Optimization of drug regimens utilizing:
- Beta blocker therapy
- Angiotensin converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitors
- Diuretics
- Aldosterone blockers
- Digitalis
- Vasodilators
- Antiarrhythmia medications
- Calcium channel blockers
- Investigational afterload reduction
- Investigational positive inotropic agents