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Cardiology
Patient
age: 18 years and older
Drs.
Eaton, Cardell,
Zoda, and Konstance
Cardiologists
diagnose and treat heart disease. Among the medical services offered
by our highly trained staff:
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Echocardiography
- (i.e. cardiac ultrasound or heart sonogram), involves the
use of high frequency sound waves to evaluate the heart structure
and physiology. Two dimensional, Doppler and Color Doppler modalities
are used during this process. Coronary artery disease ( heart
blockages or hardening of the arteries) is evaluated by combining
traditional stress testing -exercise / treadmill or pharmacological
(dobutamine) with echocardiography imaging. All exams at CMSA
are performed by ARDMS registered cardiac sonographers ( as
certified by the American Registry for Diagnostic Medical Sonography)
and interpreted by our board certified cardiologists at CMSA.
The echocardiography lab is a fully digital lab with all exams
performed on state of the art ultrasound equipment. The echocardiography
lab is accredited by ICAEL
(Intersocietal Commission for the Accreditation of Echocardiography
Laboratories) in the areas of Adult Echocardiography and
Stress Echocardiography.
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Electrocardiograms
(EKG)
- to diagnose the heart's condition by measuring its electrical
impulses.
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Holter
monitoring -
a portable EKG apparatus that the patient wears for 24 hours.
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Cardiac
event monitoring
- a month-long process, during which the patient attaches a
monitor as needed to catch intermittent disturbances in heart
rhythm.
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Treadmill
testing
- to evaluate the heart's response to physical stress
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Cholesterol
testing and management
- treatment may involve dietary changes and/or drug therapy.
- Nuclear
cardiology
- The CMSA Nuclear Medicine suite is a diagnostic adjunct to Cardiology.
Here, coronary artery disease is diagnosed by monitoring radioactive
tracer chemicals within the heart. First the patient's heart is
stressed, either through exercise on a treadmill or by means of
a chemical that dilates the arteries. At the peak of stress, a
radioactive tracer is injected and travels through the bloodstream
to be taken up by the heart muscle cells. Then in the Imaging
Room the gamma camera, which is like an x-ray detector, rotates
around the patient and sends its information to a computer. The
computer synthesizes all the data to create an image of the heart,
including any disease which might be present.
1850 East Park
Avenue
State College, PA 16803
Phone:
(814) 234-8800
M-F 8:30 AM
to 5:00 PM
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