 A cardiologist is a specialist in diagnosis, treatment and prevention of heart and vascular disease. He or she is the ally you need when dealing with all the cardiac imaging technology, cardiac procedures, hospitalization and emergencies that can arise for heart patients. He or she evaluates symptoms, examines the heart and blood vessels and recommends appropriate treatment. Along the way he performs and interprets numerous types of cardiac tests including treadmill tests, echocardiograms, EKG's, Holter monitoring, angiograms and others. A cardiologist does not do cardiac surgery but rather evaluates the need for such surgery and helps care for patients along with cardiothoracic surgeons when patients require this form of treatment. |
 Our ultrasound technologist is a highly trained sonographer with 25 years experience in this field. Ultrasound procedures used in Cardiology include echocardiography, vascular duplex imaging and stress echo. Echocardiography is an ultrasound procedure used extensively to make images of the heart. Vascular duplex imaging makes ultrasound images of arteries such as the carotid artery in the neck. Stress echo uses bicycle exercise with echo imaging of the heart at the same time to better and more accurately diagnose the presence of coronary artery disease. |
 Our billing system is computer-based and bills insurance carriers and Medicare for you electronically. Our staff would be happy to discuss your bill at any time and we have a separate billing line in our office for these questions. |
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Your Cardiac Nurse Practioner |
 A nurse practitioner is a registered nurse with advanced training, allowing her to practice independently under the supervision of a physician. Our cardiac nurse practitioner has a Masters Degree, Nurse Practitioners certification, and twenty years of experience in treating cardiac patients. Her role is to know each patient very well and help evaluate new problems as they arise at home and in the office. She will provide you with individual help in dealing with your cardiac condition as it effects your life. She is particularly skilled in dealing with the practical aspects of medication use, procedures and tests that must be done from time to time. She will help you keep track of all the home care data and observations which are useful in your treatment as well as all the blood work and testing which are important for decision making. Often she will be the prime contact you have when new questions arise about your condition. |
 Our medical assistant is responsible for performing EKG's, blood work, treadmill stress test preparation, Holter monitor application and computer processing, protime data management and compute data entry. |
 Our administrative assistant is the person who greets you on the phone or at the desk when you enter the office. She is responsible for coordinating all information throughout the practice. This includes our computerized patient information system, appointment reminder system, data retrieval, and all education materials which we publish. |
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