Cardiology

Nationally-recognized care from a 100 Top Hospital

Scott & White has been nationally recognized for seven consecutive years as one of Solucient's 100 Top Hospitals and one of the country's Top 15 teaching hospitals. The American Heart Association also has recognized Scott & White for consistently meeting or exceeding prescribed methods for care of heart attack and stroke. The Association's "Get with the Guidelines" programs have named Scott & White one of three Texas hospitals to make the highest marks, earning Scott & White the AHA's Initial Performance Achievement Award.

Recognized achievements and Scott & White's commitment to quality patient care places the Division of Cardiology among the nation's best cardiac programs, serving more than 200,000 patients last year. We are committed to a standard of excellence in treating patients with cardiovascular disease. Our cardiologists specialize in general cardiology, arrhythmia diagnosis and management, advanced lipid management in adults and children, echocardiography, heart failure, interventional cardiology and peripheral vascular disease/intervention.

Our continuum of care extends from prevention, diagnosis and testing to therapeutic treatment, interventions and rehabilitation by multidisciplinary teams of medical specialists supported by active basic and clinical research and continuing education programs.

The Division of Cardiology is part of the Heart and Vascular Institute which includes cardiothoracic surgery, vascular surgery and interventional radiology services.

The Heart and Vascular Institute at Scott & White offers a comprehensive range of cardiovascular procedures:

• 64-slice CT coronary angiography
• Advanced lipid management
• Arterial closure devices for early ambulation after heart catheterization
• Arterial, venous and carotid Doppler sonography
• Bi-ventricular pacemaker implantation for decreased heart function
• Chest X-rays and lung scans
• Closure of congenital heart defects
• Coronary balloon and stent procedures
• Echocardiography including trans-esophageal echo (TEE)
• EECP (Enhanced External Counterpulsation)
• EKGs and standard exercise treadmill tests
• Heart catheterization and coronary angiography
• IABP (intra-aortic balloon pump) insertion for ischemic heart failure
• Loop recorder implantation for monitoring heart rhythm abnormalities
• Nuclear cardiology stress perfusion tests
• Peripheral vascular interventions employing stents and balloons
• Permanent pacemaker implantation
• Pulmonary function tests
• Stress arterial Doppler studies to assess peripheral vascular disease
• Stress echocardiography

We also offer the following surgical procedures in cardiovascular, peripheral vascular and chest surgery:

• Adult congenital heart surgery
• Carotid artery surgery
• Coronary artery by-pass surgery with and without the heart lung machine (so-called "beating heart" surgery)
• Endovascular stenting for treatment of abdominal aortic aneurysms
• Endovascular vein harvesting of leg veins for coronary artery by-pass surgery
• Heart valve replacement surgery
• Intra-operative RFA (radio-frequency ablation) of heart rhythm disorders
• Intra-operative TMR (trans-myocardial revascularization): laser
• IVC (inferior vena cava) filter implantation for treatment of severe lower extremity blood clots
• Peripheral vascular surgery
• Revascularization for coronary artery blockages
• Surgery for correction of atrial fibrillation
• Thoracic and lung surgery
• Video-assisted thoracoscopy (VAT) for minimally-invasive chest surgery procedures

Call 800-724-7286 for an appointment.

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