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Cardiology at Bethesda North Hospital
Bethesda North Hospital is the leading cardiac program in Northern Cincinnati, and Bethesda North cares for more heart attack patients than any other hospital in the city. Bethesda North performs 3,000 cardiac catheterizations and 1,300 angioplasties each year.
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
- Drug-eluting stent
- 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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