Setting the pace for advanced cardiac technology is a life-long commitment at Uniontown Hospital. And thanks to our Cardiac Care Center, our region is on the receiving end of more leading-edge cardiology innovations than ever before.
Nuclear Stress Tests: A Giant Step in Cardiac Imaging
Patients with chest pain, shortness of breath or other early signs of heart disease may be given a "stress test" that involves state-of-the-art imaging of the heart without surgery. This common test is usually administered while you walk on a treadmill and slowly increase your level of exertion.
Cardiac Ultrasound Technology: Moving at the Speed of Sound
This simple and painless technique uses sound waves to show doctors a two-dimensional picture of your heart at work. Like a stress test, this procedure is usually performed on patients exhibiting early signs of heart disease. Doctors can examine an ultrasound image of the structure of your heart and how it functions using color-flow mapping and Doppler techniques that will show how well the heart is pumping blood.
Cardiac Catheterization: Going Inside the Heart Itself
Uniontown Hospital's Cardiac Care Center is a regional leader in the number of cardiac catheterizations performed every year. This procedure allows an invasive cardiologist to diagnose a variety of problems in the heart.
More Advanced Holter Monitor
The Cardiac Care Center's Holter Monitors are as small as Walkman radios. But they carry with them a big advantage: sophisticated, digital technology that allows the patient's cardiac activity to be downloaded in little more than a minute, scanned more quickly and more accurately and then reported to the doctor in a fraction of the time it used to take.
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