Heart Disease
Alternate Names : Cardiac Disease
How is the disease diagnosed?
Heart disease is often suspected after a medical history is taken and a physical exam is performed. Further
tests may be done to determine the type, severity, and cause of the heart
condition. These may include:
blood and urine tests
cardiac catheterization, a
special X-ray done with a contrast agent to look at the heart and its blood
supply
chest X-ray
echocardiogram, which uses
sound waves to view the beating heart
electrocardiogram, or EKG, which shows the electrical activity of the heart
stress EKG tests, in which the person either walks on a treadmill
or receives a medicine while the effects on the heart are examined with an EKG or imaging test
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