The Division of Cardiology is a national and international leader in successful diagnosis and treatment of cardiovascular disease.

In addition to general clinical cardiology services, Division programs include:

Cardiac Catheterization Service, which offers right and left heart catheterization (PTCA), atherectomy, aortic and mitral valvuloplasty, coronary and peripheral thrombolytic therapy, intravascular stents, peripheral and renal vascular angioplasty and laser angioplasty.

Electrophysiology and Pacing Services, providing intracardiac recordings of electrical activity; identification of site origin and mechanisms of dysrhythmias; intracardiac mapping of accessory pathways and ventricular tachycardias; and transvenous RF ablation of sustained supraventricular and ventricular dysrhythmias. Also offered are pacemaker implantations, automatic implantable cardioverter-defibrillator and signal-averaged electrocardiography.

Transplantation Service: A comprehensive thoracic transplant program includes pre- and post-transplant care of heart, heart-lung and lung replacement patients as well as mechanical circulatory support and management of heart failure.

Echocardiography Service: M-mode, two dimensional, Doppler and transesophageal echocardiographic studies are available using state-of-the-art mechanical and phased-array equipment.

Cardiovascular Stress Testing and Nuclear Cardiology Service: A variety of exercise procedures are available through this laboratory.

Electrocardiographic Monitoring Service: This service provides 24- and 48- hour ambulatory Holter monitoring, 24-hour ambulatory blood pressure monitor pacemaker electrocardiography and transtelephonic monitoring.

Cardiac Rehabilitation Service: This program is designed to restore cardiac patients to their optimal physical, psychological and social functioning levels through assessment, exercise prescription and formal exercise sessions, smoking cessation and patient education.

Preventive Cardiology: A cardiovascular risk-reduction program includes comprehensive screening followed by an in-depth explanation of the patient's risk factors for coronary artery disease.