Non-Invasive Cardiovascular Imaging Laboratory
The Noninvasive Cardiovascular Imaging Laboratory is a service organized around the evaluation of the heart and vascular systems using non-invasive techniques. Currently, the laboratory consist of 7 members with clinical expertise in echocardiography and cardiovascular magnetic resonance imaging. Services provided include evaluations of coronary artery disease, ventricular morphology and function, valvular morphology and function, congenital heart diseases, myocardial heart diseases, and pericardial heart diseases.
The adult echocardiography lab at Stanford has been at the forefront of cardiac ultrasound for over 20 years, and currently performs more than 7,000 procedures annually. It is accredited by the Intersocietal Commission for the Accreditation of Echocardiography Laboratories (ICAEL). The lab offers a full range of noninvasive tests, including:
- Two-dimensional Doppler echocardiography
- Color-flow Doppler echo
- Omniplane transesophageal echo
- Stress echo with exercise and dobutamine provocation
- Intraoperative (epicardial ultrasound) assessment
- Intravascular ultrasound
- Harmonic imaging with ultrasound
- Contrast enhanced perfusion imaging
- Three-dimensional ultrasound imaging and reconstruction
- Intravascular ultrasound catheter development
- Internet-based image delivery systems
- Magnetic resonance coronary angiography
- Perfusion imaging in angiogenesis
- Noninvasive oximetry with magnetic resonance imaging
- PET (positron emission tomography) scans
- MUGA scans
- Thallium scans
Faculty
Ingela Schnittger, MD
Director, Non Invasive Cardiology
Professor of Medicine
Rajesh Dash, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Paul Heidenreich, MD
Director of Echocardiography, VA Palo Alto
Associate Professor of Medicine
David Liang, MD, PhD
Associate Professor of Medicine
Michael McConnell, MD
Associate Professor of Medicine
Richard Popp, MD
Emeritus (Active) Professor of Medicine
Phil Yang, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Contact Information
Telephone 650-723-7406
FAX 650-725-7568
Postal address:
300 Pasteur Drive
Room H2157
Stanford, CA 94305