Cardiovascular Diagnostics

Accurate and timely diagnosis is an essential part of delivering quality heart care. Medical professionals in the cardiovascular diagnostics department at Advocate Lutheran General Hospital combine in-depth knowledge of leading edge cardiovascular diagnostic techniques with a focus on clinical excellence, best practices and service excellence for the best diagnosis and most effective care possible. The result speaks for itself—Lutheran General Hospital has been recognized as among the top 50 heart hospitals by U.S. News and World Report, and noted for high quality cardiovascular services by Solucient and HealthGrades, health care information companies.

Lutheran General Hospital's cardiovascular diagnostics department provides comprehensive diagnostic and interventional services for children and adults. Services include:

• Invasive Cardiology
  • Cardiac Catheterization Lab
  • Electrophysiology Lab
• Cardiac Rehabilitation
  • Phase I
  • Phase II
• Cardiovascular Risk Reduction Center
  • Congestive Heart Failure Clinic
  • Vein Clinic
  • Lipid Clinic
• Heart Station
  • Stress Testing (Pediatric and Adult)
  • Holter Monitoring (Pediatric and Adult)
  • EKG (Pediatric and Adult)
  • Echo Lab (Pediatric and Adult)
• Nuclear Medicine (Pediatric and Adult)
• Vascular Lab - Vascular Ultrasound
  • Carotid Studies
  • Peripheral Vascular Studies (venous and arterial)
  • Abdominal Studies