The majority of patients leave with the peace of mind that they have no serious indications of coronary artery disease.

Reading a heart scan: the doctor makes the difference.

While there are other facilities that can perform heart scans, only INNER IMAGING offers you the expertise of our medical staff from the Continuum Heart Institute at Beth Israel Medical Center. This is the single most important advantage for choosing INNER IMAGING, because you have the guidance and counsel from heart specialists at one of the countries leading Heart Institutes.

Whether you want their diagnosis forwarded to your personal physician, or wish to continue with one of the Heart Institute physicians at INNER IMAGING, their risk assessment report can become the single most important and helpful document regarding your current and future state of health.

When do you find out about the results of your heart scan at INNER IMAGING?

In just minutes, through computer imaging, the results are available to our Cardiologists and Radiologists from the Continuum Heart Institute. At the time of your visit, you will meet with the doctors to review the results, and evaluate your degree of risk.

At INNER IMAGING, we have access to a database of the heart scans of over 80,000 patients! Your results are compared to patients of similar age and gender. Using this information, a Òcalcium scoreÓ is determined and an Òat riskÓ probability assessment is made.

What if the results show the presence of plaque in your coronary arteries?

Depending on your score, in conjunction with other risk factor analyses, the Cardiologist will inform you about the advisability of a doctor-directed program that could range from simple behavior modification, such as a change in diet and appropriate exercise, to medication or further diagnosis. You can also choose to continue treatment with the Cardiologist at INNER IMAGING who, if necessary, can make the full resources of the Continuum Heart Institute available to you in a matter of hours, or this information can be sent to your personal physician for your consultation and next steps with him or her.

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