The Cardiac Imaging Service at PSCC-H offers advanced evaluation of patients with cardiac disease through the latest CT and MR technology – coupled with staff specifically trained to use this next generation equipment – to provide the most comprehensive evaluation of cardiac conditions. This new generation of scanning technology has had a major impact on improving Cardiac diagnostic care.
We offer a full range of advanced cardiac CT and MRI applications, including:
•Multi-detector CT Angiography: One of the newest CT applications, this test uses x-rays and a contrast dye to create three-dimensional images that can identify coronary artery and vascular diseases. It is less invasive than traditional catheter angiography.
•Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI): This test uses high-intensity magnetic fields to provide images of soft tissues that ordinary x-rays cannot, and is useful for detecting thickness in the cardiac walls, congenital defects, and to evaluate cardiac viability after a heart attack. 
In addition to CT and MRI, the Cardiac Center offers patients nuclear cardiology diagnostics, These include:
•Positron Emission Tomography/Computed Tomography (PET-CT): PET-CT combines the superior imaging of PET with the precise anatomic assessment of CT scanning. With PET-CT, physicians can evaluate blood flow to the heart at rest and during cardiac stress followed by non-invasive CT coronary angiography. This provides a measure of the anatomic and functional severity of coronary artery disease.
•SPECT Myocardial Perfusion Scan: Also called a cardiac stress-rest test, this test evaluates the heart muscle’s blood supply at rest and during exercise stress.