What other ways can doctors study heart damage?

Question: What are others means of diagnosis of heart damage, besides conventional methods? as my doctors intends to proceed further investigation.

Answers:
* Coronary angiography
* Echocardiogram and ultrasound examination of the heart.
*Tc99 or Thallium or Myoview (Nuclear Scan)
* Chest CT scan
* MRI of chest
* ECG

Rarely, a heart biopsy performed during a heart catheterization may be needed to rule out other disorders. The following lab tests may be used to rule out other disorders and to assess the condition of the heart:

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Echocardiogram, MUGA scan, MRI, Angiography, Open heart surgery, Autopsy

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Well, that depends on what you consider conventional. I don't know what you've had done so far but methods of diagnosis include: blood work, EKG, X-rays, CT scans, MRI, stress tests, Cardiac catheterization, CT angiograms...those are the most common. Hope this helps. Good luck!

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there are many types of tests, soon after heart damage quantity of certain enzymes is increased in blood by analysing this quantity they determine infraction.
other test are, Doppler, Echo, Angiography, MRI, Chorated, Sress test etc.

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