Heart Imaging and Tests

Our Heart & Vascular Institute offers the full range of tests to help determine your risk for a heart problem. And if you have a heart condition, our advanced heart tests provide the information needed to create an effective treatment plan.

By capturing still or moving images of your heart and blood vessels, doctors can:

• Check your pacemaker or other implanted device
• Help you understand the cause of symptoms like chest discomfort, shortness of breath or irregular heartbeats
• Determine how well your heart valves are working
• Identify ways to improve and stop these symptoms and their causes
• Look for structural problems in your heart
• Monitor your heart’s electrical system
• See how your heart handles exercise and stress

With this information, experts in our Preventive Cardiology and Apheresis Clinic can also help you prevent heart disease, navigate challenges and make healthier choices.

Heart Disease Diagnosis: Why Choose Penn Medicine Lancaster General Health?

We perform about 44,000 heart tests each year—and you benefit from our experience. Our heart tests are among the most accurate available and take less of your time. We also focus on giving you a comfortable, convenient experience.

Choosing us means receiving world-class heart care 15 minutes (or less) from home. We have the knowledge, technology and compassion to provide great outcomes for all cardiovascular conditions.

You can also expect:

• Expertise: Our team includes doctors called advanced cardiac imagers. These cardiologists have completed the highest level of specialty training (fellowship training) in cardiac imaging. And our whole staff has the highest level of imaging certifications available. They include certifications from the Nuclear Medicine Technology Certification Board and American Society of Echocardiography.
• Quality: Our labs have accreditations from the Intersocietal Commission for the Accreditation of Echocardiography Laboratories (ICAEL) and Intersocietal Commission for the Accreditation of Nuclear Medicine Laboratories (ICANL). Only the highest quality labs with easy access to care earn these distinctions. We’ve held them for more than a decade.
• Multidisciplinary teamwork: Heart imaging captures pictures of nearby organs and structures like your lungs and spine. Radiologists with special expertise in imaging these areas partner with our cardiac imagers to read scans. This collaboration leads to a detailed review of your images and an effective treatment plan.
• Latest technology: The foundation for a good outcome is a highly precise diagnosis. That’s why we have invested in the most modern equipment available. Our technology makes already safe radiation doses safer. We also use scanners that detect heart and vascular problems earlier and take more precise images in half the time.
• Convenience: We offer heart imaging and heart diagnostic tests at 15 locations across Central Pennsylvania. Visit us within minutes of where you live, work or receive heart care. See our outpatient cardiac testing locations. 

Heart Risk Assessment

Learn your heart age and reduce your risk for cardiovascular disease by taking our Heart Risk Assessment.

Peripheral Artery Disease Risk Profiler

Discover your risk for peripheral artery disease (PAD)—and steps you can take to stay healthy—by taking our Peripheral Artery Disease Risk Profiler.

Schedule Heart Imaging

To schedule a heart imaging study, call 717-544-5941.