Heart Care
Heart care at College Station Medical Center focuses on the functions and disorders of the heart and its connected circulatory system. According to the American Heart Association, 84 million people in the U.S. suffer from some form of cardiovascular disease, affecting blood flow throughout the body. Cardiovascular disease can lead to heart attacks, strokes or other serious complications.
Taking good care of your heart can help reduce your risk of developing heart disease that leads to a heart attack, stroke or other serious complications. Our cardiac care teams provide complete heart care services - from helping you create a heart-healthy lifestyle to performing potentially lifesaving procedures in emergency situations.
We are an Accredited Chest Pain Center, awarded by the Society of Cardiovascular Patient Care.
Our services:
- Arterial blood gas (ABG) testing
- Cardiac catheterization lab
- Cardiac rehabilitation
- Cardiac stress test
- Cardiac screening and evaluation
- Cardioversion
- Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and asthma management
- Dobutamine stress Ttest
- Electroencephalogram (EEG)
- Electrophysiology
- Heart surgery
- Holter monitoring - 24 & 48 hour
- Pulmonary function testing
- Stress echocardiogram
- Thoracic surgery
- Transesophageal echocardiogram
Heart Station
College Station Medical Center offers the Heart Station, an outpatient cardiac testing center, as an extension of our various outpatient departments. The Heart Station operates a specialized treadmill with monitoring interface and is equipped with other medical equipment to help lead doctors to a quick diagnosis.
Our tests include:
- Stress testing with pulse oximetry monitoring to include nuclear studies (if required)
- Ambulatory pulse oximetry treadmill studies
- Holtor and Event monitoring
- Echocardiography to include Stress Echocardiography
- Electrocardiograms
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