Compared with a modern alternative, today's widespread and traditional method of evaluating chest pain is less accurate, takes longer, and is more expensive. Instead of doing a stress test on a treadmill with imprecise ultrasound or radioactive chemical markers injected into the patient, which often lead to more and repeated testing, a qualified cardiologist or radiologist can more quickly and accurately see just what is happening in the heart and lungs with cardiac CT testing.

Recent studies published in respected medical journals like the New England Journal of Medicine confirm that diagnostic accuracy and long-term patient survival rates are better with coronary CT than with those traditional methods. If you are like most hospitals, you already have local access to CT scanners for a myriad of other medical uses. Let IHS's board certified physicians complete the picture by applying this proven and more modern technique to your urgent and elective cardiac patients.