Cardiac imaging tests take pictures of the heart.
The experts at UPMC's Advanced Cardiac Imaging Program use cutting-edge imaging technology to diagnose, treat, and monitor a range of heart conditions, including:
To request an appointment, contact the UPMC Heart and Vascular Institute:
Cardiac imaging is a critical step in the accurate diagnosis of many heart conditions. Through these images, doctors can evaluate the size and structure of a patient’s heart and see how well it functions.
Patients who come to UPMC’s Advanced Cardiac Imaging program can benefit from the latest imaging technology and the combined expertise of cardiologists, cardiac surgeons, and cardiac imaging specialists. Our experts work as a team to develop individual treatment plans for each patient.
Precise measures of cardiac function including:
Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI)
Calcium Scoring Computed Tomography (CT)
The Center for Ultrasound Molecular Imaging and Therapeutics, a program of UPMC and the University of Pittsburgh, is a multidisciplinary translational research facility.
Led by Flordeliza Villanueva, MD, director of Noninvasive Cardiac Imaging at the UPMC Heart and Vascular Institute, the center’s research staff work to develop ultrasound contrast agents and imaging systems with the goal of moving basic discoveries in ultrasound-based molecular imaging into clinical practice.
Some of the applications that center researchers are currently working on include:
Learn more about research at the Center for Molecular Imaging and Therapeutics website.
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