Cardiology
Heart care at Medical Associates of Navarro County focuses on the functions and disorders of the heart and its connected circulatory system. According to the American Heart Association, 84 million people in the U.S. suffer from some form of cardiovascular disease, affecting blood flow throughout the body.
Taking good care of your heart can help reduce your risk of developing heart disease that leads to a heart attack, stroke or other serious complications. Cardiac care teams provide heart care services from helping you create a heart-healthy lifestyle to performing potentially lifesaving procedures in emergency situations.
Cardiac care providers are trained in the diagnosis, management and/or prevention of the following:
- Bradycardia (slow heartbeat), tachycardia (fast heartbeat) and palpitations (irregular heartbeat)
- Cardiovascular diseases, including coronary and peripheral arterial disease and valvular heart disease
- Chest pains
- Heart failure
- High blood pressure
- High cholesterol
- Presyncope and syncope (dizziness and fainting)
- Shortness of breath
Interventional cardiology procedures include:
- Diagnostic left and/or right heart catheterization
- Heart attack (STEMI) emergency intervention
- Percutaneous coronary intervention with stenting
- Peripheral angiography and intervention with stenting
- Peripheral atherectomy
- Radial/groin/pedal-access procedures
- TEE (transesophageal echocardiography)
- Intra-aortic balloon pump insertion
- Pacemaker implantation
- FFR/IVUS testing
- Central venous intervention procedures
- Loop recorder implantation
- CardioMEMs device implantation
- Varicose vein treatment and ablation procedures