Cardiac Diagnostic and Treatment Center

This simple, painless test uses ultrasonic pictures of the heart muscle, valves, and supporting structures to demonstrate the blood flow within the heart. 

Ultrasound images of the heart are taken prior to exercise, retaken immediately after exercise using the treadmill or dobutamine infusion  and then compared to one another. 

A patient is placed on an EKG monitor then begins to walk on a treadmill at a slow pace gradually increasing in speed and incline.  The patient continues to walk on the treadmill to achieve a desired heart rate.