NONINVASIVE CARDIOVASCULAR IMAGING

Nova Global Healthcare offers virtually every type of advanced cardiac imaging technology, including echocardiography, ultrasound, molecular nuclear medicine imaging, cardiac magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), positron emission topography (PET), and computed tomography (CT scans).

Patients who come to Nova Global Healthcare benefit from our unique collaboration of experts. Our Cardiac Imaging Center is jointly staffed by both cardiologists and radiologists with extensive cardiac imaging expertise making it one of the first in the country to adopt this integrated approach. Our specialists are nationally and internationally recognized experts who diagnose heart and blood vessel problems using the most advanced noninvasive and minimally invasive approaches.

Our goal is to provide the right cardiovascular test for the right patient at the right time, including state-of-the-art tests not widely available. Using a broad variety of imaging tests, including echocardiography, nuclear cardiac imaging, cardiac CT and cardiac MRI, our physicians can evaluate a variety of problems including:

  • Chest pain
  • Coronary artery disease
  • Congestive heart failure
  • Valvular heart disease
  • Aneurysms
  • Cardiac Sarcoidosis
  • Cardiac amyloid
  • Cardiac tumors

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Advanced Vascular Imaging

NGHL's accredited Advanced Vascular Imaging Services combines the resources of the hospital's main diagnostic radiology group and the outpatient services of Temple Radiology to provide the most advanced technology and expertise to diagnose vascular disease.


Cardiac CT Imaging


Cardiac computed tomography, or cardiac CT, is a noninvasive, painless cardiac imaging test that uses X-rays to take detailed pictures of the heart. Our cardiac CT imaging services provides patients with accurate and appropriate diagnostic medical imaging services by a team of cardiac imaging specialists from radiology and cardiology. 

We offer the most thorough and advanced imaging services, including cardiac MRI, cardiac CT, cardiac PET/CT, echocardiography, and stress nuclear perfusion cardiac imaging.
Cardiac Imaging can help detect cardiovascular problems, including:

  • Aneurysms
  • Cardiomyopathy
  • Congenital defects
  • Congestive heart failure
  • Heart disease
  • Pericarditis
  • Valve disease

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Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Imaging

MRI at Nova Global Healthcare is an innovative service that provides patients with an effective method of determining causes of cardiac illness and malfunction.Cardiac MRI shows clear, detailed images of the heart and examines the size, thickness and viability of the heart muscle and function of the chambers. It can also help detect tumors of areas of infection in adult and pediatric patients. Patients who benefit from cardiac MRI include those with a history of heart attacks or strokes, unexplained arrhythmias, congenital heart disease or aortic aneurysms.


Echocardiography

The Echocardiography Laboratory at Nova Global Healthcare provides a wide range of inpatient and outpatient services including three-dimensional transthoracic and transesophageal studies - advanced techniques that allow doctors to see the heart in three dimensions, just as a surgeon would see it. 

  • Echocardiography services
  • 2-dimensional and 3-dimensional transthoracic echocardiography
  • 2-dimensional and 3-dimensional transesophageal echocardiography
  • Stress echocardiography
  • Treadmill stress echo
  • Bicycle stress echo 
  • Pharmacologic (dobutamine) stress echo
  • Interventional echocardiography

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Nuclear Cardiology

The Nuclear Cardiology and Stress Lab  developed many of the radionuclide imaging techniques used widely throughout the world today.

A staff highly trained in the use of state of the art diagnostic equipment, including hybrid Single Photon Emission Computed Tomography (SPECT)/CT, Positron Emission Tomography (PET)/CT, gated SPECT blood pool imaging, and first pass imaging, provides patients with the best clinical cardiovascular imaging as well as the development and translation of new targeted molecular imaging for personalized medical care.

Our solid-state SPECT 64-slice CT imaging system, allows us to offer fusion of physiological and molecular radiotracer-based SPECT imaging with high-resolution CT imaging with reduced radiation exposure that surpasses the current national standard. This novel hybrid system has improved image quality and diagnostic accuracy.

Our PET imaging system allows us not only to determine if patients have coronary artery disease but also to evaluate specific groups of patients to determine if they would benefit from revascularization. Using PET, we can determine if patients with systemic sarcoidosis also have heart involvement. Our physicians who specialize in nuclear cardiac imaging include leaders in the field and who work to improve patient care through the use of breakthrough nuclear technologies.