Checks the structure of the heart and surrounding blood vessels, analysing how blood flows through them and assessing the pumping chambers of the heart.

This helps to determine how well your heart responds during times when it is working its hardest. It typically involves walking on a treadmill or peddling on a stationary bike while hooked up to an ECG to monitor your heart’s activity.

This measures blood pressure (BP) at regular intervals over 24-48 hours (whilst you are awake and asleep).

The most common cause to get a pacemaker is if the heart beats are too slow (bradycardia), or it pauses, causing fainting spells or other symptoms. In certain cases it can be used to prevent or treat heartbeat that is too fast (tachycardia) or irregular.

Carotid duplex scan is a non-invasive ultrasound procedure used to assess blood flow through the carotid arteries in the neck and/or the branches of the carotid artery