Expert cardiologists & heart care services in Carthage, TX
At UT Health Carthage, we offer patients the most comprehensive heart care available in East Texas. Our hospital provides the Carthage community access to board-certified cardiologists and leading-edge technology designed to treat various cardiac conditions, including heart valve disorders, heart attack and arrhythmia. We also offer a wide range of heart screening and imaging tests to ensure you receive an accurate diagnosis and a treatment plan tailored to your specific needs. Our doctors pair state-of-the-art technology with compassionate care to bring you the expert cardiovascular care you deserve.
Heart screening and imaging services
We are proud to offer the latest in diagnostic technology for heart conditions. Our cardiovascular screening and imaging services include:
- Calcium scoring — This computerized tomography (CT) scan is used to identify calcified plaque in the coronary arteries and determine your risk of heart attack.
- Echocardiography — This procedure uses ultrasound waves to show the function of your heart valves and chambers, and how blood flows through them.
- Electrocardiography (ECG or EKG) — During an ECG, the electrical activity of your heart will be tested to diagnose arrhythmia (irregular heartbeat), as well as detect evidence of past heart attacks or congenital abnormalities.
- Event and Holter monitoring — Event and Holter monitors are small, portable devices that are used to record your heart’s electrical activity for long periods of time while you go about your daily life. These monitors can capture less frequent arrhythmias.
- Nuclear stress testing — This test uses a form of nuclear medicine to measure blood flow to your heart while you’re at rest and again while you increase your physical activity, either through exercise or medication.
- Stress echocardiography — This test measures how well your heart pumps blood while you’re at rest and during exercise/strenuous activity.
- Transesophageal echocardiography (TEE) — This procedure involves your doctor inserting a thin tube into your esophagus to obtain very clear images of your heart structure and valves.
Please call us to learn more about our imaging services.
Cardiac rehabilitation
UT Health Carthage offers outpatient cardiac rehabilitation designed for individuals who are recovering from heart attack or cardiac surgery, or who have conditions such as angina, hypertension or hypotension, coronary artery disease, cardiomyopathy or congestive heart failure.
Cardiac rehabilitation is a medically supervised program that provides you with the tools needed to reduce your risk of having another heart event. Specialized cardiovascular exercises improve your strength, stamina – and quality of life.
Our program consists of 36 sessions while wearing a heart monitor, followed by at-home exercise recommendations. A Phase 3 program is available to those who want to continue training at UT Health Carthage after the monitored sessions are completed.
UT Health Carthage cardiac rehabilitation is offered Mondays, Wednesdays and Thursdays from 6:30 a.m. to noon. For more information, please call 903-694-4728.
Cardiopulmonary rehabilitation
Our rehabilitation center is proud to offer cardiopulmonary rehabilitation services. The first of its kind in East Texas, Pritikin Intensive Cardiac Rehab (ICR) provides the education and support patients need to begin building a new, healthier lifestyle. Our therapists also help individuals with chronic lung conditions to maintain a healthier and more productive lifestyle through the use of monitored exercise, disease education, breathing retraining, medication usage, bronchial hygiene and adaptive equipment and oxygen use.
Monitored exercise, education and physician supervision come together to promote lifestyle change for people diagnosed with cardiac conditions such as angina, coronary artery disease, congestive heart failure or heart attack. Through our ICR program, individuals receive the information they need to take control of their heart and lung health so that they may safely participate in activities of life with confidence.
Through Pritikin ICR, patients learn how to:
- Implement significant lifestyle changes.
- Create a personalized nutrition and exercise plan.
- Lose weight using healthy, evidence-based strategies.
- Make heart-healthy food choices when cooking or dining out.
- Implement a variety of strategies for tobacco cessation (if needed).
- Manage stress in their daily lives.
Learn more about our cardiopulmonary rehab services by visiting PritikinICR.com
