Cardiology in Arizona

Services

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

• 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 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
• Catheter based therapy
  • Diagnostic electrophysiologic studies
    • Advanced arrhythmia mapping systems
      • Local Lisa
      • Biosense/CARTO
• 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

• 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

• EECP (Enhanced External Counterpulsation) Treament

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

• 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

• Peripheral vascular disease

• Treadmill exercise stress electrocardiogram (ECG)

• Varicose veins