Cardiology at Methodist Hospital Specialty and Transplant

Methodist Hospital Specialty and Transplant is committed to giving patients expert-level cardiovascular care for a variety of conditions. We excel in advanced vascular surgery services and perform noninvasive and invasive cardiology services. Methodist Hospital Specialty and Transplant is an accredited Chest Pain Center by the American College of Cardiology.

Cardiovascular conditions we treat:

Methodist Hospital Specialty and Transplant offers a full spectrum of cardiovascular services that diagnose and treat the following conditions:

• Peripheral arterial disease
• Aortic and thoracic aneurysm
• Carotid artery stenosis
• Deep Vein Thrombosis (dvt)
• Venous insufficiency
• Coronary artery disease
• Pulmonary hypertension
• Heart failure

Accredited Chest Pain Center

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Methodist Hospital Specialty and Transplant has received recognition as an Accredited Chest Pain Center with Percutaneous Coronary Intervention (PCI) by the Society of Chest Pain Centers (SCPC). Our emergency room is prepared for heart emergencies, including heart attacks. This signifies that we can open a heart vessel in 90 minutes or less.

Vascular services we offer:

We are proud to offer innovative and advanced vascular treatments, including:

• Endovascular abdominal aortic aneurysm repair
• Endovascular thoracic aortic aneurysm repair
• Open abdominal aortic aneurysm repair
• Carotid endarterectomy
• Carotid artery stenting
• Peripheral vascular bypass surgery
• Decompression surgery for thoracic outlet syndrome
• Dialysis access creation and management
• Peripheral vascular angioplasty
• Peripheral vascular atherectomy
• Peripheral vascular angioplasty / stent
• Venous / arterial thrombolysis
• IVC filter placement / removal
• Venous ablation

Cardiac treatments and diagnostic services we provide:

• Electrocardiogram (ekg)
• Cardiac stress test
• Echocardiogram
• Transesophageal echocardiogram (TEE)
• Cardiac ct scan
• Heart catheterization
• Coronary artery angioplasty/stent
• Nitrous oxide study
• Tilt table study
• Internal loop recorder (ILR) placement
• Permanent pacemaker placement (PPM)
• Implantable cardioverter-defibrillator placement (ICD)
• Pericardiocentesis
• Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ecmo)