Heart Screenings, Prevention and Diagnostics

Types of Heart Screenings

Noninvasive diagnostic techniques provide our cardiovascular experts with fast, accurate visualization and analysis of the heart and surrounding structures, and are typically safe and painless for patients who are at risk for heart disease. Some of these advanced imaging technologies include:

• CT Calcium Scoring scan
• Coronary Artery CT Angiography
• HeartFlow®
• Angioscreen vascular screening
• Electrocardiograms
• Echocardiograms
• Electrophysiology study
• Cardiac stress tests
• Holter monitoring
• Nuclear stress tests

Treatment Options

Hackensack Meridian Health also offers patients throughout the region access to comprehensive Cardiac Catheterization Labs where interventional medical procedures are performed by our experienced team of interventional cardiologists, registered nurses, and cardiovascular technologists to diagnose and treat heart conditions, including:

• Aortic aneurysm: a bulge in the aorta, the main artery that carries blood from your heart through the chest and torso.
• Coronary artery disease: clogging of the arteries by fatty materials in the bloodstream.
• Valvular heart disease: malfunction of one or more of the heart valves that can affect blood flow within the heart.
• Congestive heart failure: a condition where the heart muscle has become too weak to pump efficiently.
• Certain congenital heart conditions: defects in one or more heart structures that are present from birth.

The interventional cardiology team can also perform treatment procedures to help open a blocked artery. Some of those treatments include:

• Stents
• Embolic Protection
• Percutaneous Valve Repair
• Balloon Valvuloplasty
• Atherectomy
• Thrombectomy
• Angioplasty/Percutaneous Coronary Intervention
• Electrophysiology Ablations
• WATCHMAN™ Left Atrial Appendage Closure: a proven alternative to long-term warfarin therapy for stroke risk reduction in patients with non-valvular atrial fibrillation
• Medtronic Micra® Transcatheter Pacing System (TPS): the world’s smallest, minimally invasive cardiac pacemaker that treats patients with bradycardia, a common heart condition characterized by a slow or irregular heart rhythm
• Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement (TAVR) Procedure: minimally invasive procedure for patients with critical aortic stenosis (AS)

What's Your Risk Level for Heart Disease?

The Framingham risk score (FRS) is a tool for the assessment of risk level of Coronary Artery Disease over 10 years. The FRS considers six coronary risk factors, including age, gender, total cholesterol (TC), high density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL), smoking habits, and systolic blood pressure. Click here to identify your risk score using this tool. Review your results with your doctor.