Cardiology in Arizona

Services

The following diagnostic procedures and services are provided by the Division of Cardiovascular Diseases:

A

• Arrythmia services
  • Non-invasive diagnostic testing/analysis
    • Ambulatory Holter ECG monitoring
    • Loop event recorder monitoring
    • Signal averaged ECG
    • Microvolt T-wave alternans testing
    • Tilt table testing
  • Catheter based therapy
    • Diagnostic electrophysiologic studies
      • Advanced arrhythmia mapping systems
        • Local Lisa
        • Biosense/CARTO
      • Catheter ablation treatment for arrhythmias
      • Intracardiac echocardiography (ICE)
      • Transseptal catheterization
        • AV nodal reentrant tachycardia
        • Accessory pathway mediated tachycardia
        • Atrial tachycardia
        • Atrial flutter
        • Atrial fibrillation (pulmonary vein isolation)
        • Ventricular tachycardia
      • Device based therapy
        • Fully staffed, daily pacemaker/defibrillator clinic
        • Implantable loop recorder(ILR)placement
        • Pacemaker implantation and follow-up
        • Implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD) placement and follow-up
        • Biventricular pacemaker/defibrillator placement and follow-up

      C
      
      

      • Cardiovascular diagnostic risk factor evaluation
      • Cardiac ultrasound
        • 2D/M-Mode echo transthoracic
        • Doppler (pulsed, continuous-wave, color-flow)
        • Contrast bubble injection
        • Interpret outside echocardiogram
        • Stress echocardiogram
        • Treadmill
        • Supine bicycle
        • Pharmacological (dobutamine)
        • Transesophageal echocardiogram
      • Congestive Heart Failure

      E
      
      

      • Endovascular services
      • EECP (Enhanced External Counterpulsation) Treament

      H
      
      
      

      • Heart Failure Clinic
      • Hypertension service
        • Ambulatory blood pressure recordings
        • Automated blood pressure recordings
        • Blood pressure check
        • Home blood pressure recording instruction

      N
      
      

      • Nuclear cardiology
        • Thallium myocardial perfusion tomogram (SPECT)
          • Exercise
          • Myocardial viability (reinjection and late redistribution)
          • Pharmacologic stress (IV-dipyridamole and dobutamine)
        • TcMIBI myocardial perfusion tomogram
          • Exercise
          • Pharmacologic stress (IV-dipyridamole and dobutamine)
        • Cardiac gated pool scan (MUGA)
          • Rest/exercise
        • Coronery artery calcium evaluaton (CT scan)
        • Cardiac catheterization laboratory services
          • Diagnostic right and left heart cardiac catherization
          • Interventional procedures including:
            • PTCA
            • Stent placement/rotoblator/branchytherapy
            • Atherectomy
          • Endomyocardial biopsy
          • Special Clinics
            • Arrhythmia
            • Heart Failure
            • Pacemaker AICD
            • Anti-coagulation
          • Investigational drug/device protocols
            • Arrhythmias
            • Heart failure
          • Cardiovascular rehabilitation counseling

      P
      
      

      • Peripheral vascular disease

      T
      
      

      • Treadmill exercise stress electrocardiogram (ECG)

      V
      
      

      • Varicose veins