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Cardiology at Good Samaritan Hospital
G ood Samaritan Hospital has been a pioneer in cardiology for more than 35 years and performed the first cardiac catheterization in a private adult hospital in Cincinnati.
Good Samaritan is the first hospital in Cincinnati to routinely utilize transradial access (through the wrist) for cardiac catheterizations and angioplasty. Today, Good Samaritan performs 2,700 cardiac catheterizations and 850 angioplasties annually.
Our highly qualified and dedicated staff of cardiologists, nurses, and technologists performs the complete range of cardiology tests and procedures:
Non-invasive tests
These are generally diagnostic procedures during which you are awake and alert, and involve only external monitoring of your heart.
- EKG
- Holter monitor
- Treadmill test
- Cardiac nuclear test
- Echocardiogram
- Transesophageal echocardiogram (TEE)
- Tilt table test
Invasive procedures
These are tests or treatments for heart disease that may involve utilizing devices that enter the body, generally through an artery. Patients usually are sedated, but not fully asleep during these procedures.
- Cardiac catheterization
- Stent
- Brachytherapy
- Angioplasty
- Intravascular ultrasound
Electrophysiology procedures
These are tests or treatments that affect the electrical system of the heart, that is, the mechanism that makes your heart beat correctly.
- Electrophysiology study (EP)
- Ablation
- Cardioversion
- Pacemaker
- Implantable cardioverter defibrillator
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