What tests rule out heart disease?

Question

What tests are done to rule out heart disese?

Whats the difference between heart disese and heart disorders?

Answer 1

There is not a specific test but there are several:

Cholesterol panel: measures your total cholesterol, HDL (good cholesterol), LDL (bad cholesterol), triglycerides, and HDL:LDL ratio

EKG (electrocardiogram): screens for any electrical abnoramalities, damage to heart muscle, abnormal rhythms.

ECHOCARDIOGRAM: a sonogram of your heart and how well it pumps. Also looks at how the heart valves are functioning, estimates pressures in different areas of the heart and overall heart function.

STRESS TEST: either done by exercising (i.e. on a treadmill) or by stressing the heart with certain drugs. Assesses overall heart function and screens for any ischemia (decrease in blood flow to the heart muscle). A nuclear component can be added which will give a "picture" of the blood supply to the heart and how well it is functioning.

Angiogram/Cardiac catheterization: an invasive procedure that determines is there is blockage in the blood flow to the heart and can also measure certain pressues in the heart, valve function and overall heart function---THIS IS NOT A SCREENING TEST, BUT DONE IF THERE IS HIGH SUSPICION!!!

For starters, get a cholesterol panel, EKG and an echocardiogram and take it from there!!

Hope this helps!!

Answer 2

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Answer 3

Tests done: Most basic is blood pressure and oxygen saturation, then Lab work: clotting times, PT, PTT, cholesterol, triglycerides, potassium, sodium, calcium, magnesium, hemoglobin, hematocrit, cpks which tell if there is muscle damage. Then there is EKG, Cardiac Stress Test, Echo cardiogram. They do a heart catherization. These don't cover everything, but most of the basics.....A disorder is a problem of birth or injury that causes the heart to operate improperly....The disorder can be caused by disease of the heart. I hope this helps you......Just type cardiac testing into your search engine and you will get a lot of sites to look through and research.....

Answer 4

ecg... and a eco both done in hospitalElectrocardiography (ECG or EKG) is the recording of the electrical activity of the heart over time via skin electrodes.[1] It is a noninvasive recording produced by an electrocardiographic device. The etymology of the word is derived from electro, because it is related to electrical activity, cardio, Greek for heart, graph, a Greek root meaning "to write". Electrical impulses in the heart originate in the sinoatrial node and travel through the intrinsic conducting system to the heart muscle.The impulses stimulate the myocardial muscle fibres to contract and thus induce systole. The electrical waves can be measured at selectively placed electrodes (electrical contacts) on the skin. Electrodes on different sides of the heart measure the activity of different parts of the heart muscle. An ECG displays the voltage between pairs of these electrodes, and the muscle activity that they measure, from different directions, also understood as vectors. This display indicates the overall rhythm of the heart and weaknesses in different parts of the heart muscle. It is the best way to measure and diagnose abnormal rhythms of the heart,[2] particularly abnormal rhythms caused by damage to the conductive tissue that carries electrical signals, or abnormal rhythms caused by levels of dissolved salts (electrolytes), such as potassium, that are too high or low.[3] In myocardial infarction (MI), the ECG can identify damaged heart muscle. But it can only identify damage to muscle in certain areas, so it can't rule out damage in other areas.[4] The ECG cannot reliably measure the pumping ability of the heart; for which ultrasound-based (echocardiography) or nuclear medicine tests are used.

Answer 5

Usually a blood test. Heart disease is gradual deterioration of the heart muscles or blocking of the arteries. A heart disorder can be any mild problem such as irregular heartbeat.

Answer 6

A stress test is actually given to a patient who may have some mild contraindications of an MI. It can rule it out as well along with EKG.

Answer 7

to rule out heart disease, the dr. will draw blood to check to see if u have arteriosclerosis. this is to see if ur arterys are stoping up with plack. he will take a family history. he taks a stress test on a treadmill, also a e.k.g. that is a tracing of ur heart. he may also have u wear a heart moniter fo appx. 24 hrs. then he will give u the results. heart disorders are, things like enlarge heart, valve problems, etc. i hope this answers ur question. god bless

Answer 8

i'm not sure what the difference is, but please,please keep up with all doctor appointments. see i'm 36 and i was born with my heart problems and at 27 i all ready had my first heart surg. and now at 36 , i'm now what they call
sudden death. and i will have too have a heart transplant.