Cardiology Screening Services

An Electrocardiogram (ECG) is easily performed in the clinic and gives information on the rate and rhythm of the heart, both of which may be changed in the event of cardiac disease.

In addition, an ECG maps the electrical activity of the heart as it beats. This has a well-defined pattern and alterations in this are indicators of heart disease.
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Including report from Consultant (£150)

An Exercise Tolerance Test (ETT), through the use of exercise treadmill can be useful for identifying early signs of coronary artery disease. You may also hear this test called an exercise ECG. Although you may have had a resting Electrocardiogram (ECG) which can detect and demonstrate a number of abnormalities, the presence of a normal resting ECG does not rule out the possibility of significant coronary artery disease. Therefore, an Exercise Tolerance Test (ETT) can provide the cardiologist with more accurate and useful information.

The stress test is conducted in a closely supervised situation. You will be attached to the ECG recording monitor just as you were for the resting ECG. You will then sit on a bike or stand on a treadmill, which will begin to move very slowly. Progressively, as you become accustomed to the pace, the workload will be increased. All the time, the nurses will be monitoring your heart rate, blood pressure and looking carefully at the ECG for any changes. You will be asked to report any chest pain/tightness during the test.
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You will be allowed to recover whilst we monitor the ECG and when your heart rate and blood pressure have returned to normal the test is finished. The Cardiologist will review and analyse your exercise test. You will receive the results immediately.

An Echocardiography, more commonly referred to as an Echo Heart Scan, is an ultrasound test which allows the cardiologist to see accurate pictures of the heart muscle, the pumping chambers and the heart valves.

A probe is placed on the chest wall and an inaudible ultrasound beam passes out from the probe, reflects back from the structures within the heart and allows the cardiologist to build up an accurate image of the heart. A variety of views are taken to look at the heart structures. When these views are completed, a Doppler analysis is performed to analyse blood flow from chamber to chamber and across valves. More specialised analyses can be done looking at particular areas of the heart muscle, its movement and its relaxation.

The whole procedure takes about 30 minutes and is non-invasive.

Holter monitors are non-invasive, battery-powered devices that you wear around your waist or neck to record your heart’s electrical activity. This recording helps our Consultants to see any relationship between your symptoms and your heart rhythm.

The device will track your heart's rhythm and record this for analysis by a Consultant when you return of the device.

ECG Holter monitor tests can be done for varying lengths of time, typically 24 hours but this is determined by what is appropriate for an individual patient. The device is non-invasive.

Pricing:
24 hour £250
48 hour £275
7 days £300
14 days £325