Heart Care
Heart care at DeTar Healthcare System 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. Cardiovascular disease can lead to heart attacks, strokes or other serious complications.
Cardiac care teams provide a range of heart care services - from helping you create a heart-healthy lifestyle to performing potentially lifesaving procedures in emergency situations.
Our services:
- Arterial blood gas (ABG) testing
- Cardiac catheterization lab
- Cardiac rehabilitation
- Cardiac stress test
- Cardiac screening and evaluation
- Cardioversion
- Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and asthma management
- Dobutamine stress test
- Electroencephalogram (EEG)
- Electrophysiology
- Heart surgery
- Holter monitoring - 24 & 48 hour
- Pulmonary function testing
- Signal average electrocardiogram (SAE)
- Stress echocardiogram
- Thallium cardiac stress test
- Thoracic surgery
- Transesophageal echocardiogram
Our distinctions:
- DeTar Healthcare System is an accredited Chest Pain Center with Primary PCI and Resuscitation by the American College of Cardiology and has consistently met the national door-to-balloon time goal of 90 minutes or less.
- DeTar Healthcare System is an American Heart Association Mission: Lifeline receiving center.
Specific facts about heart disease in Victoria County can be found here.