Accurate Stress Echocardiography in Katy for Precise Heart Health Evaluation
Get detailed, real-time insights into your heart’s performance with expert stress echocardiography in Katy. Whether you’re dealing with chest pain, shortness of breath, fatigue, or need a follow-up after an abnormal EKG—this test is a crucial step toward protecting your heart health.
Stress Echocardiography: Dynamic Imaging for Better Diagnosis
A stress echocardiogram, often called a stress echo, combines ultrasound imaging of your heart with physical or chemical stress (like treadmill exercise or medication) to evaluate how well your heart works under pressure. It helps detect blockages, assess cardiac function, and determine your risk for heart attacks or other serious cardiac events.
At Advanced Cardiology in Katy—serving Sugar Land, Richmond, and the Greater Houston area—we offer advanced stress echo testing in a comfortable, patient-focused environment. This test is especially important when traditional EKGs or resting echocardiograms are inconclusive.
Led by board-certified cardiologist Dr. Adnan Khalid, our clinic ensures accurate testing, fast appointments, and compassionate care every step of the way.
Meet the Cardiologist
Adnan Khalid, MD, Cardilogist
Education
Dr. Adnan Khalid, MD
Adnan Khalid, MD, specializes in treating coronary artery disease, peripheral artery disease, heart failure, hypertension, arrhythmias, and hyperlipidemia. He has over 10 years of experience in the field of cardiovascular medicine.
Dr. Khalid graduated from his medical school among the top 10 out of 250 medical students in his class. He is fellowship trained in cardiovascular diseases, interventional cardiology, advanced heart failure, and transplant cardiology. He is focused on providing personalized and compassionate care. Dr. Khalid believes in spending time with his patients and listening to their needs and is committed to offering excellent care.
Dr. Khalid is an avid reader. He is eager to learn new things; He likes to work out and spend time with his family. When off from work, he likes to travel and spend time in nature along with family and friends. He is married with three children. Dr. Adnan Khalid is now seeing patients at our Katy and Sugar Land clinics—accepting new patients from Houston and surrounding areas.
Board Certifications
American Board of Internal Medicine
Interventional Cardiology
Why Cardiologists Recommend a Stress Echocardiogram
When an EKG or resting echo doesn’t provide enough information, a stress echocardiogram can reveal hidden cardiac issues by showing how your heart responds to increased demand.
Common Reasons to Get a Stress Echo:
1. Chest Pain or Tightness (Especially During Activity)
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Why It Matters: May be a sign of coronary artery disease.
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How Stress Echo Helps: Identifies areas of reduced blood flow and wall motion abnormalities not visible when the heart is at rest.
2. Shortness of Breath with Exertion
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Why It Matters: Could signal heart failure or valvular heart disease.
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How Stress Echo Helps: Detects how efficiently your heart pumps under stress, revealing systolic or diastolic dysfunction.
3. Abnormal EKG or Echocardiogram
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Why It Matters: May need further clarification to rule out false positives.
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How Stress Echo Helps: Provides dynamic images to confirm or rule out the need for angiography or further testing.
4. Known Coronary Artery Disease Monitoring
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Why It Matters: Helps track disease progression or response to treatment.
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How Stress Echo Helps: Assesses exercise tolerance and evaluates ischemic thresholds.
5. Preoperative Cardiac Risk Assessment
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Why It Matters: Ensures your heart can handle surgical stress.
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How Stress Echo Helps: Identifies potential risk factors prior to surgery.
What Stress Echo Results Can Show
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Ischemia (Reduced Blood Flow): Detects areas of the heart that aren’t receiving enough oxygen during stress.
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Wall Motion Abnormalities: Indicates weakened or damaged heart muscle.
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Heart Valve Function: Evaluates how well your valves open and close under pressure.
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Ejection Fraction: Measures how much blood the heart pumps out during each beat—key for diagnosing heart failure.
Based on your results, your cardiologist may recommend:
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Medication adjustments
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Lifestyle changes
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Additional testing (like coronary angiography or CT angiogram)
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Interventional procedures or surgery
Don’t Ignore the Signs—Schedule Your Stress Echo Today
Early detection can prevent heart attacks and save lives. Our Katy and Sugar Land clinics offer same-week stress echocardiography appointments with expert analysis and personalized care. If you’re experiencing unexplained chest discomfort, breathlessness, or fatigue, don’t wait.
Insurance & Coverage
Stress echocardiograms are typically covered by insurance when medically necessary. At Advanced Cardiology, we accept most major insurance plans. Please call our office or check with your insurance provider for specific coverage details.
Decisions Based on Stress Echocardiography Findings
Whether it’s chest discomfort or unexplained fatigue, trust our Katy-based cardiology clinic to guide the next step. Based on your stress echocardiography results, we may recommend:
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Starting or adjusting heart medications (beta-blockers, ACE inhibitors, etc.)
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Referring for further testing like coronary angiography, Holter monitoring, or CT angiogram
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Emergency intervention for high-risk findings such as severe ischemia
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Lifestyle and dietary changes tailored to your specific cardiac risks
By detecting issues early, we can prevent heart attacks, reduce hospitalization risk, and improve your quality of life.
New Patient Paperwork At Advanced Cardiology
Please print out your paperwork and bring it to your appointment at Advanced Cardiology. If your insurance requires authorization, please be sure to have that information sent to our office or bring it with you to your appointment, along with any medical records you may have. Please also make sure to bring your insurance cards, photo ID, and medication list.
Thank you, and we look forward to meeting you! Contact us today with any questions.
Call to Schedule Your Appointment!
(713) 258-6111
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We diagnose and treat heart disease, such as congenital heart defects, coronary artery disease, heart rhythm disorders and heart failure.
About our Cardiologist: Comments from our Patients
# Cooperative & professional staff. Dr. Khalid is highly competent & experienced. Very kind & friendly too.
# He’s A Very Caring & Concerned Doctor. He Asks Important Questions, He Allows Me To Ask Questions & Fully Answers To My Satisfaction. He Diagnosis & Does Whatever It Takes To Fix My Health Issues. He’s A Wonderful Doctor…& Most Of All, I Trust Him & His Staff.
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