More people in Louisville and Southern Indiana choose Norton Heart & Vascular Institute for their cardiovascular care than any other providers. Our specialists use a full range of heart tests, such as echocardiogram, stress testing, Holter monitoring, nuclear cardiology imaging, electrocardiogram (EKG) and noninvasive 3D modeling of the heart to make a precise diagnosis of your heart condition.

The board-certified and fellowship-trained cardiologists and advanced cardiac imaging specialists at Norton Heart & Vascular Institute have the skill and sophisticated tools to diagnose and understand your heart disease and customize a treatment plan for you.

Norton Heart & Vascular Institute provides a full range of cardiovascular testing at all five of our adult-service hospitals in Louisville and our two Norton Cardiovascular Diagnostic Center locations. Staffed by a team of trained heart and vascular diagnostic specialists, our offices are committed to providing prompt, quality services that are convenient.

Expertise in Cardiovascular Diagnostics Close to Home

Your physician may order a variety of diagnostic tests and use the results to diagnose and monitor your heart condition.

• Cardiac MRI: A noninvasive scan that uses a large magnet and radio waves to create detailed 2D or 3D pictures of your heart and blood vessels
• Coronary CT angiography (CTA): A medical test that combines a CT scan with injection of a special dye (through an IV line started in your arm) to produce pictures of blood vessels and tissues in your heart
  • Norton Heart & Vascular Institute is first in Kentucky to offer Naetom Alpha.Peak with Quantum Technology, the world’s first photon-counting CT, pushing the boundaries of conventional imaging.
• Ultrahigh-resolution imaging with exceptional detail and clarity to guide treatment
• Advanced photon-counting CT (PCCT) improves diagnostic imaging, particularly for patients with conditions that make other imaging technologies less effective, including stents or higher body mass index, etc.
• Expanded outpatient care enables conclusive diagnosis and treatment planning in an accessible, outpatient setting
• CT-fractional flow reserve (CT-FFR): Using imagery collected during a CTA scan, this advanced, noninvasive imaging technology creates a 3D model of your coronary arteries to help identify the significance of any potential blockages.
• Quantitative coronary plaque analysis: An advanced imaging method that measures the exact amount and type of fatty buildup (plaque) inside the heart arteries. Doctors use heart CT scans to look at the arteries without surgery.
• Coronary artery calcium screening: A fast, noninvasive CT scan that measures calcified plaque buildup in the heart’s arteries. The resulting score — Agatston score — helps estimate future heart attack risk and guides preventive treatment decisions, such as starting statin therapy.
• Structural heart CT: Doctors use it primarily to plan minimally invasive heart procedures and evaluate complex congenital or valvular heart disease.
• Echocardiogram: A noninvasive ultrasound of the heart that provides a visual image of the functioning of your heart and valves
• Stress echocardiogram: Combines ultrasound of the heart with a stress test using a treadmill or medication
• EKG: Measures your heartbeat and heart rate by recording electrical activity through patches applied to the chest, arms and legs
• Holter monitoring: A 24- or 48-hour continuous EKG that is recorded by a belt- or shoulder-mounted monitoring unit and electrodes applied to the chest
• Exercise stress testing: Used to evaluate exercise tolerance; may include an EKG with the exercise, usually performed on a treadmill
• Vascular ultrasound: A noninvasive ultrasound used to examine the circulation in the blood vessels of the body to determine if the arteries have narrowed due to vascular disease
• Single-photon emission CT (SPECT) exercise and pharmacologic stress myocardial perfusion imaging and cardiac positron emission tomography (PET) imaging: This testing uses special cameras and radioactive tracers to image blood flow in the heart.

Locations with Cardiovascular Diagnostics