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Each of our hospitals provides a full range of cardiac diagnostic equipment and techniques, including the latest digital, video and imaging tools.Diagnostic options include:

• Standard Electrocardiogram (EKG). These results are available immediately system-wide by remote access.
• Echocardiogram (ECHO), both Transesophageal and Dobutamine versions.
• Stress Echocardiogram, combining a treadmill stress test with standard ECHO.
• MUGA Scan, which analyzes the heart’s efficiency in pumping blood via a radioactive substance.
• Tilt Table Test.
• Event and Holter Monitoring, which record your activity throughout a typical day.

Within our catheterization laboratories on the Westmoreland campus are dual head cardiac gamma cameras, echocardiography and ultrasound equipment. Available in the cath lab suite is the 64-slice CT scanner, a noninvasive means of diagnosing symptoms or potential problems with extremely high detail and accuracy. A second 64-slice CT scanner is also available at the Latrobe Hospital campus.