University of Virginia Health System

Heart Procedures

Your physician may order one of the following diagnostic tests or procedures. Click on the procedure and read about preparation, what to expect during and after the procedure, discharge instructions, and more.

Select a Procedure

Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Repair

Amputation

Cardiac Catheterization

Carotid Endarterectomy / Carotid Angioplasty with Stenting

Chest X-Ray

Computed Tomography (CT Scan)

Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Surgery (CABG)

Dobutamine Stress Echocardiography

Echocardiography

Electrocardiogram

Electrophysiological Studies

Exercise Echocardiogram

Exercise Electrocardiogram

Femoral Popliteal Bypass Surgery

Heart Transplantation

Heart Valve Repair/Replacement Surgery

Holter Monitor

Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI)

Myocardial Perfusion Scan, Stress

Myocardial Perfusion Scan, Resting

Pacemaker/Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator Insertion

Percutaneous Transluminal Coronary Angioplasty (PTCA)

Radionuclide Angiography, Resting

Radionuclide Angiography, Resting and Exercise

Signal-Averaged Electrocardiogram

Tilt Table Procedure

Transesophageal Echocardiography

Ultrafast Computed Tomography (Ultrafast CT Scan)

Valvuloplasty

Vascular Studies

Venogram