Testing

The Michigan CardioVascular Institute Diagnostic Center is located at the Saginaw office.  Our caring staff and specialized technicians provide you testing in a warm and relaxing environment.

Benefits to Testing at MCVI:                                                 

  - Personal attention
  - Highlest level of diagnostic care possible
  - One-stop diagnostic center
  - Testing scheduled and completed same day
  - Multiple tests done with one visit
  - Testing times are short
  - Wide range of testing to assist in determining
    cause & treatment
  - Most testing requires the you to be NPO for only
    2 hours prior to the exam time, which is
    especially helpful for diabetic patients
  - Our physicians will call or fax the results of your test to your family physician on the same day
    as the test.

Largest Testing Center in the Area

We perform:
  - Pulmonary Function Studies
  - Upper and Lower Arterial Imaging
  - Upper and Lower Venous Imaging
  - Renal Artery and Abdominal Vascular Studies
  - Visceral Studies
  - Arterial Dopplers of the Upper and Lower Extremities
  - Ankle/Brachial Indices
  - T-Wave Alternans Testing to Predict and Prevent Sudden Cardiac Death
  - Nuclear Stress Testing
  - Echocardiography & Stress Echocardiography
  - Carotid Doppler
  - Holter & Event Monitoring
  - Ambulatory Blood Pressure Monitoring
  - Graded Exercise Testing
  - Gated SPECT Studies
  - Multiple Gated Acquistion Studies (correlation of wall motion and ejection fraction of right & left
    ventricles)
  - Myocardium Viability Studies

Cardiac Clearance

MCVI gives same day service in dealing with priority exams such as cardiac clearance.  We use only "State of the Art" equipment in the diagnostic lab.

Click here to see the current testing offered at MCVI

Certified Laboratories

To learn more about what these certifications mean, please click on the links below.

Accredited Echocardiography Laboratory
Accredited Nuclear Cardiology Laboratory
Accredited Vascular Laboratory