Cardiac Imaging

Above: CT of a beating heart.

Revolutionary ways to look into the future of your heart.

Unparalleled cardiac care and state-of-the-art imaging technologies are used to pinpoint the presence of disease long before symptoms occur. The S. Mark Taper Foundation Imaging Center's world-renowned, subspecialty trained physicians are on the forefront of clinical research, providing specialized knowledge and advanced training in the quest to eliminate heart attacks.

Heart disease is the leading cause of death in the United States. We diagnose heart disease.

Cardiac Imaging Guide

With the wide variety of cardiac imaging procedures available, we have put together a guide of the most common, with image examples, indications and contraindications.

Cardiac MRI

• Indications
• Contraindications 

 Cardiac CT

• Coronary calcium scan
• CTA coronary angiogram
• "Micro-Dose" CCTA

 Cardiac SPECT

• Myocardial perfusion SPECT (thallium, cardiolite)
• Blood pool SPECT (radionuclear ventricular wall motion study)

Nuclear Cardiology Stress Testing

• Thalium stress test with exercise
• PET Rubidium stress test
• Pharmacologic stress test (Adenosine/Lexascan) 

Cardiac PET

• Indications
• Contraindications
• Images of soft tissue structures are clearer and more detailed than other imaging techniques. Able to determine tissue viability.

Cardiac Case Study: November, 2010

Cardiac MRI In Patient With IHSS

For a news story about Dr. Berman, Chief of Cardiac Imaging and Nuclear Cardiology, please click here.