Tests & Procedures

The following brochures can help you prepare for specific diagnostic tests. They also highlight what you can expect during the test and any needed follow-up care.

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• Abdominal Aorta Ultrasound (pdf)
• Angiogram/Arteriogram (pdf)
• Arterial Blood Gases (pdf)
• Arterial Exams (pdf)
• ASD (Atrial Septal Defect) Closure (pdf)
• Barium Swallow Study: Modified (Cookie Swallow Test) (pdf)
• Bone Mineral Density (pdf)
• Bone Scan (pdf)
• Bone Scan: Triple Phase (pdf)
• Breath Test: Nuclear Medicine (pdf)
• Bronchodilator Response (pdf)
• Bronchoscopy (pdf)
• Cardiac Catheterization (pdf)
• Cateterismo Cardiaco (pdf)
• Cardiac Catheterization Lab Discharge Instructions: English (pdf)/ Procedimientos del laboratorio de cateterización cardíaca: Instrucciones de alta (pdf)
• Cardiac Cath Lab Radial Artery Access Discharge Instructions (pdf)
• Cardiac CT Angiography (pdf)
• Cardioversion (pdf)
• Cardiopulmonary Exercise Stress Testing (pdf)
• Cardiopulmonary Exercise Stress Test Arterial Line Insertion:Discharge Instructions (pdf)
• Carotid Vertebral Duplex Scan (pdf)
• Car Seat Challenge Test (pdf)
• Cavernosal Duplex Scan (Color Doppler of the Penis) (pdf)
• Chemoembolization (pdf)
• Cold Stimulation (pdf)
• Computerized Tomography (CT) Scan (pdf)/ Exploración por Tomografía Computarizada (pdf)
• Colonoscopy (pdf)
• Cystoscopy (pdf)
• Diffusing Capacity (DLCO) (pdf)
• Duplex Scan (pdf)
• Electroconvulsive Therapy (ECT) (pdf)
• Electrophysiology Study (pdf)
• Endoscopic Retrograde Cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) (pdf)
• EPS Lab Discharge Instructions (pdf)
• Exercise & Your Heart (pdf)
• Exercise Cardiac Perfusion Study: Nuclear Cardiology (pdf)
• External Cephalic Version (pdf)
• Gallium Scan (pdf)
• Gamma Knife Radiosurgery (pdf)
• Gamma Knife Radiosurgery AVM (Arteriovenous Malformation) (pdf)
• Gated Ventricular Function: Nuclear Cardiology (pdf)
• Hepatobiliary Scan (pdf)
• Inferior Vena Cava Placement (pdf)/ Colocación del Filtro de la Vena Cava Inferior (VCI) (pdf)
• Inferior Vena Cava Retrieval (pdf)/ Recuperación del Filtro de la Vena Cava Inferior (VCI) (pdf)
• Intravenous Pyelogram (IVP) (pdf)
• IV Contrast Dye: Allergy Preparation (pdf)
• Kidney Disease & MRI Contrast (pdf)
• Kidney (Renal) Ultrasound (pdf)
• Liver Doppler Ultrasound (pdf)
• Lower GI Scan (pdf)
• Lung Scan Ventilation and Perfusion (pdf)
• Lung Volumes Scan (pdf)
• Methacholine Challenge (pdf)
• Metformin and Tests Requiring IV Iodine (pdf)
• Metformin Use After A Cardiac Angiogram: English (pdf)/ Uso de la metaformina: luego de un angiograma cardiaco (pdf)
• Moderate Sedation: What You Can Expect (pdf)
• MRI (pdf)/ Imágenes por Resonancia Magnética (MRI) (pdf)
• Muscle Force Testing (pdf)
• Muscoskeletal Ultrasound (pdf)
• Oximetry: Exercise (Oxygen Dosing) (pdf)
• Percutaneous Coronary Intervention (PCI) (pdf)
• Percutaneous Transluminal Angioplasty/Stenting (pdf)
• Percutaneous Vertebroplasty (pdf)
• Peripheral Vascular Procedures: Discharge Instructions (pdf)
• PFO (Patent Foramen Ovale) Closure (pdf)
• Pharmacologic Cardiac Perfusion Imaging: Nuclear Cardiology (pdf)
• Pharmacologic Stress Echocardiogram (pdf)
• Positron Emission Tomography (PET/CT) Scan (pdf) 
• Positron Emission Tomography (PET/CT) Scan for the Brain (pdf)
• ProstaScint Scan (pdf)
• Pseudoaneurysm Exam (Duplex Scan) (pdf)
• Pulmonary Function Tests (Full PFT) (pdf)
• Pulse Oximetry (pdf)
• Quick Scan: Vascular Screening (pdf)
• Radiofrequency Ablation (Cardiac) (pdf)
• Red Cell Mass & Plasma Volume: Nuclear Medicine (pdf)
• Regular Treadmill Exercise Stress Test (pdf)
• Renal Scan (pdf)
• Renal Imaging with Lasix®: Nuclear Medicine (pdf)
• Sigmoidoscopy (pdf)
• Spirometry (Flow Volume Loop) (pdf)
• Sputum Induction (pdf)
• Staph Infections: Pre-Surgery Testing for Preventing (pdf)
• Stress Echocardiogram (pdf)
• Stent: After your (pdf)/ Luego de su procedimiento de colocación de un stent (pdf) 
• Testicular (Scrotal) Ultrasound (pdf)
• Thyroid Scan 123 (pdf)
• Thyroid Scan Technetium (pdf)
• Thyroid Ultrasound (pdf)
• Transcranial Doppler (TCD) (pdf)
• Upper Abdominal Ultrasound (pdf)
• Upper Endoscopy (EGD) (pdf)
• Upright Tilt Table Test (pdf)
• Uterine Artery Embolization (pdf)/ Embolización de la Arteria Uterina (pdf)
• Uterine Fibroid Embolization (pdf)
• Venous Duplex Scan (pdf)
• Video-EEG Monitoring (pdf)
• Wada Testing (pdf)