NKTI’s Cardiac and Non Invasive Vascular Laboratory is the State of the Art laboratory capable of doing EKG’s, 2D Echocardiography/Doppler, Stress Echocardiography, Dobutamie Stress Echocardiography, Treadmill Exercise Test and 24 Hour Holter Monitoring.
Its uniqueness comes from its expertise. No other laboratory in the Philippines has the experience it has in evaluating the cardiovascular system in patients with ESRD and those undergoing organ transplantation. The sheer number and variety of cases it evaluates is more than enough to give it unparalleled insight and knowledge.
In the Philippines, it is a pioneer in the field of Stress Echocardiography which it started which it started to do in 1991. With a negative predictive value of 99%, its results are at par with the world.
Needless to say, this accuracy is very important in confidently screening out many ESRD patients who commonly have pains and abnormal ST depressions in their EKG’s.
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