Services Offered
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In Office
1) Consultations for chest pain, shortness of breath, racing/skipping heart, swelling, passing out or near passing out, leg pain
2) Long-term care for patients with heart artery disease, stents, bypass surgery, artificial valves, pacemakers, defibrillators, leg and neck artery disease
3) Echocardiograms (heart ultrasound): to look at heart function, valve disease
4) Treadmill and chemical stress testing: to look for evidence of blockages in the heart arteries
5) Heart rhythm monitoring: from 24 hours to 30 day monitoring to look for a rhythm problem
6) Pacemaker and defibrillator checks
7) Leg artery testing to look for evidence of blockages in the leg arteries
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At Ennis Regional Medical Center
1) Calcium scoring: to look for evidence of plaque/heart disease as a screening tool for prevention
2) Nuclear stress testing, both treadmill and chemical
3) Inpatient consultation
4) Neck artery testing
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Referred to other Facilities
1) Cardiac catheterization (coronary angiograms): to open a blockage if indicated, to further assess heart valves and pressures
2) Advanced heart rhythm: most often for patients needing ablations for atrial fibrillation
3) Advanced heart failure: if transplant or mechanical heart is being considered or if more advanced medical therapy is needed
4) CT coronary angiograms and cardiac MRI: these tests look at many,many different facets of heart function and anatomy
5) Heart valve clinic prior to intervention/surgery: generally we are following heart valves here until they reach a point of needing further intervention and then referral is placed. Follow up after valve treatment is resumed here in Ennis post procedure.
5) Neck artery testing/vascular evaluations