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Cardiovascular Services at Good Samaritan Hospital
 Good Samaritan Hospital is a leader
in cardiology with pioneering advances dating back more than a generation, performing the first cardiac catheterization in a private adult
hospital in Cincinnati. 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
- Vascular testing
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
- Angioplasty
- Intravascular ultrasound
- Total chronic occlusions
- Patent foramen ovale closure
- Atrial septal defect closure
Electrophysiology prodecures
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
- Atrial fibrillation ablation using Stereotaxis technology
- Cardioversion
- Pacemaker
- Implantable cardioverter defibrillator
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