HeartCheck America—Los Angeles
HeartCheck America—Chicago
HeartCheck America—Arlington Heights (IL)


The HeartCheck America scan centers are among the pioneers in the world of CT heart scanning. Both centers have developed a deep experience in heart scanning as the technology has evolved. The Los Angeles site has scanned around 35,000 people. The Chicago site, affiliated with the University of Illinois, has scanned over 100,000 people since opening nearly 20 years ago, the largest experience of any U.S. scanning facility. Many of the major clinical studies performed over the years examining CT heart scanning were performed with the participation of these two important centers.

HeartCheck America President, Bruce Friedman, is passionate about the service his centers provide. "My father and grandfathers all died of heart attacks. They never knew what hit them. That’s why I’ve always been extremely careful about my health habits. I’m a low-fat vegetarian, I exercise vigorously every day, I’ve never smoked a cigarette in my entire life, and my cholesterol has always been low. But, my most recent coronary artery scan revealed that I’m building plaque far faster than would be expected in a man of my age. This led me to sophisticated blood testing which identified an abnormality that may very well be contributing to the progression of my disease. While there’s no guarantee that treating this abnormality will enable me to escape the fate of my father and grandfathers, it certainly does provide me with a chance they never had. And, if it wasn’t for the Coronary Artery Scan, I’d most likely be proceeding, in total ignorance, down the very same path that led to their demise."

The HeartCheck America centers have also been instrumental in broadcasting the message that CT heart scanning represents a major innovation in early heart disease detection. Over the years, they have enrolled celebrity support to publicize the concept. Former NBA star and Basketball Hall of Famer, Isiah Thomas, has been among the supporters of the HeartCheck America effort to increase awareness. HeartCheck America has been featured in countless interviews and news stories in USA Today, Time magazine, NBC news and many others.

LA HeartCheck America Medical Director, Jamshid Maddahi, MD, is former chairman of the American Heart Association Council on Cardiac Imaging. Dr. Maddahi is also Professor of Molecular and Medical Pharmacology and Radiological Sciences, UCLA School of Medicine; Director, Cardiac Imaging, Nuclear Medicine and Clinical PET, Biomedical Imaging Institute, Los Angeles, CA, and author of numerous scientific studies on heart imaging.

Chicago HeartCheck America Medical Director George Kondos, MD is Associate Section Chief and Associate Professor of Medicine, Section of Cardiology, College of Medicine, University of Illinois–Chicago. Dr. Kondos’ many scientific contributions include compilation of the database of over 35,000 heart scans. These data are widely used by the nation’s scan centers to generate percentile rank on heart scan scoring.

In addition to heart scanning, all HeartCheck America centers provide full body scanning, virtual colonoscopy, lung scanning, bone densitometry (osteoporosis screening) and angiography.

Heart Check Los Angeles is located in west LA, convenient to Westwood, Brentwood, Santa Monica and Beverly Hills.
11859 Wilshire Boulevard, Suite 110
Los Angeles, CA 90025

University of Illinois Medical Center is located on the University of Illinois downtown campus near the intersections of highways 90-94 and 290.
1740 West Taylor Street, Suite #2101
Chicago, IL 60612

University of Illinois Physicians Group scan center is off Golf Road in Arlington Heights, around 5 miles northwest of Chicago-O’Hare airport.
2010 South Arlington Heights Road, Suite #104
Arlington Heights, IL 60005

Please call 1-800-NEW-TEST (1-800-639-8378) to schedule your appointment at any of the HeartCheck scan centers.