Cardiology
Diagnosing Heart Disease
If you have a family history of heart disease, have high blood pressure, high cholesterol, diabetes or even excess weight, you could be at higher risk for heart disease or a heart attack. If you smoke or don’t exercise, you’re also at risk. At Advanced Odessa Hospital & Clinics, our cardiovascular specialists use advanced, state-of-the-art diagnostic technologies and methods to uncover heart conditions. These are a few of the heart and vascular conditions we treat:
- Aortic disease
- Atrial fibrillation and heart arrhythmia
- Coronary artery disease
- Heart attack
- Heart failure
- Peripheral artery disease
- Peripheral vascular disease
- Stenosis and heart valve disease
Advanced Treatments for Your Heart
If you’ve been diagnosed with heart disease, there are many treatment options. At Advanced Odessa Hospital & Clinics, we use the most advanced methods and latest technologies to treat heart diseases. Some conditions, like high blood pressure or high cholesterol, can be treated with medicines and lifestyle changes. Others need surgery. We focus on minimally invasive treatments, tailored to you. These are some of the interventional procedures we offer:
- Cardiac catheterization
- High resolution 128-slice cardiac CT
- Coronary balloon angioplasty
- Coronary stent implantation
- Defibrillator implantation
- Pacemaker implantation