SPECIFIC PROCEDURES
AVAILABLE
Specific procedures
available through this program are:
- Endomyocardial biopsy and interpretation
- Metabolic myocardial imaging using positron emission tomography (PET) to evaluate the potential for bypass
surgery in patients with low ejection fraction
- Cardiac MRI
- Invasive hemodynamic monitoring to tailor therapy for patients with refractory symptoms of heart failure
-
Cardiopulmonary exercise testing (CPX) to assess aerobic functional
capacity and determine activity prescription
- Evaluation for cardiac transplantation
- Left ventricular assist devices
- Implantable hemodynamic monitors
- Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy
- Experimental medications and procedure
