Specialist Cardiac Investigations
Please click on the below for information with regards to investigations that may be requested by Prof Ruparelia following your consultation:
Blood Tests
To invetigate a range of systemic or metabolic conditions
ECG
To investigate the rate, rhythm and electrical activity of the heart
Echocardiogram
Heart ultrasound to characterise cardiac and valve function
Stress Testing
To objectively determine how the heart functions during stress
Rhythm monitoring
Prolonged monitoring of the heart rhyhtm for arrhythmia
Blood pressure
Prolonged monitoring of blood pressure
Cardiac CT
Assessment of coronary or structural heart disease
Cardiac MRI
Structural assessment of the cardiac muscle and function