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Medical procedures and diagnostic studies at the Kansas Heart Hospital include the following:
• Chest x-rays and lung scans
• EKG’s and standard exercise treadmill tests
• Nuclear cardiology stress perfusion tests
• Arterial, venous and carotid Doppler sonography
• Pulmonary function tests
• Stress arterial Doppler studies to assess peripheral vascular disease
• Echocardiography including trans-esophageal echo (TEE)
• Stress echocardiography
• Loop recorder implantation for monitoring heart rhythm abnormalities
• Permanent pacemaker implantation
• Bi-ventricular pacemaker implantation for decrease heart function
• Heart catheterization and coronary angiography
• Coronary balloon and stent procedures including drug-eluting stents
• Peripheral vascular interventions employing stents and balloons
• Arterial closure devices for early ambulation after heart catheterization
• IABP (intra-aortic balloon pump) insertion for the failing of ischemic heart
Cardiovascular, peripheral vascular and chest surgery procedures include the following:
• Coronary artery by-pass surgery with and without the heart lung machine (so called “beating heart” surgery)
• Heart valve replacement surgery
• Adult congenital heart surgery
• Thoracic and lung surgery
• Carotid artery surgery
• Peripheral vascular surgery
• Endovascular stenting for treatment of abdominal aortic aneurysms
• Video-Assisted Thoracoscopy (VAT) for minimally invasive chest surgery procedures
• Intra-operative TMR (trans-myocardial revascularization): laser
• Revascularization for coronary artery blockages
• Intra-operative RFA (radio-frequency ablation) of heart rhythm disorders
• Endovascular vein harvesting of leg veins for coronary artery by-pass surgery
• IVC (inferior vena cava) filter implantation for treatment of severe lower extremity blood clots
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