Getting Ready for Your Cardiology Visit

In order for us to provide the best care for you, it is very important that you bring the following items to your visit:

• A list of your current medications (do not hesitate to just bring in the bottles if you are unsure)
• Insurance card
• Information about what treatments and medications have been tried in the past
• Medical records (if you have them from prior visits outside of our practice that you think may be helpful)

Patient Forms

Quickly and conveniently obtain forms from our office. To view the forms listed below, you will need Adobe Reader. You may bring your completed forms to the office at the time of your visit.

You may download Adobe Reader for free at www.adobe.com.

• Patient Authorization To Allow Others Access to Records
• Notice of Privacy Practices
• Release of Records Form

Preparing for testing

If you are currently taking a Beta-Blockers, Calcium Channel Blockers, or medication for diabetes, you may need to hold these if scheduled for testing such as an exercise tolerance test, stress test, stress echo or exercise nuclear testing. Beta-Blockers and Calcium Channel Blockers control the rhythm of your heart and can prevent the ability to increase your heart rate to the necessary point for a diagnostic test.

Beta Blockers: Do not take Beta Blockers the night before or the day of specified testing.

Brand/Generic Name

Blocadren/Timolol Corgard/Nadolol Corzide Inderal/Propanolol Inderide

Lopresser/Metoprolol Tennoretic Tenormin/Atenolol Timolide

Toprol XL Trandate/Labetolol Normodyne Visken/Pindolol

Calcium Channel Blockers: Certain Calcium channel blockers should be held the night before or day of specified testing.

Diltiazem (Cardizem,Cardizem CD, Cartia, Dilacor, Tiazac)
Verapamil (Verlan, Calan, Calan SR, Covera, Covera HS, Isoptin SR)
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Medication for Diabetes: Certain cardiac testing may regular patients with diabetes to make the following adjustments. Please call our office if you have any questions or concerns: (585) 442-5320.

Do not take oral diabetes medications or fast acting insulin the day of specified testing.

Oral Medications: Glucophage (Metformin), Glucotrol (Glipizide), Glimepiride (Amaryl), Glyburide (Micronase), Avandia, Avandamet, Actos.

If you are taking long-acting insulin such as NPH, Lantus, 70/30, take one-half the usual dose.