Adult Congenital Heart Disease Medicine
Penn Highlands Connellsville is an Adult Congenital Heart Disease Medicine practice in Greensburg, PA
with healthcare providers who have special training and skill in diagnosing and treating congenital heart disease in adults.
Adult Congenital Heart Disease Doctors at Penn Highlands Connellsville perform
tests and procedures to detect and resolve cardiovascular dysfunctions. Adult Congenital Heart Disease Medicine is
both invasive and non-invasive treatment of heart diseases. Significant diseases and conditions treated at
Adult Congenital Heart Disease Medicine practices include pulmonary atresia, Eisenmenger syndrome, and ventricular septal defect.
Medical tests, procedures and therapies provided by Adult Congenital Heart Disease Medicine
practices include imaging tests, ECG, prescription medication, and open-heart surgery.
A physician who specializes in the care and treatment of adults with congenital heart disease. Adult congenital heart disease (ACHD) physicians are trained to understand the complexities of congenital heart disease, anatomy, physiology, surgical repairs, and long-term complications and use that to manage ACHD with acquired heart disease, including heart failure, arrhythmias, and pulmonary hypertension.
Adult Congenital Heart Disease Doctors in Greensburg, PA
Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology
Penn Highlands Connellsville is a Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology practice in Greensburg, PA
with healthcare providers who have special training and skill in detecting and addressing heart rhythm disorders.
Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiologists at Penn Highlands Connellsville perform
invasive and non-invasive cardiac procedures. Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology is
the diagnosis and non-surgical treatment of arrhythmias. Significant diseases and conditions treated at
Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology practices include atrial flutter, bradycardia, ventricular fibrillation, long QT syndrome, and sudden cardiac arrest.
Medical tests, procedures and therapies provided by Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology
practices include electrocardiograms, stress tests, blood tests, anticoagulant medications, catheter ablation, and pacemaker implantation.
A field of special interest within the subspecialty of cardiovascular disease, specialty of Internal Medicine, which involves intricate technical procedures to evaluate heart rhythms and determine appropriate treatment for them.
Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiologists in Greensburg, PA
Nuclear Medicine
A nuclear medicine specialist employs the properties of radioactive atoms and molecules in the diagnosis and treatment of disease and in research. Radiation detection and imaging instrument systems are used to detect disease as it changes the function and metabolism of normal cells, tissues and organs. A wide variety of diseases can be found in this way, usually before the structure of the organ involved by the disease can be seen to be abnormal by any other techniques. Early detection of coronary artery disease (including acute heart attack), early cancer detection and evaluation of the effect of tumor treatment, diagnosis of infection and inflammation anywhere in the body and early detection of blood clot in the lungs are all possible with these techniques. Unique forms of radioactive molecules can attack and kill cancer cells (e.g., lymphoma, thyroid cancer) or can relieve the severe pain of cancer that has spread to bone
Nuclear Medicine Doctors in Greensburg, PA
Nuclear Cardiology
Penn Highlands Connellsville is a Nuclear Cardiology practice in Greensburg, PA
with healthcare providers who have special training and skill in using small amounts of radioactive material to diagnose and treat patients' heart problems by injecting an imaging agent into a patient's bloodstream and using a gamma camera to monitor a patient's heart at work and at rest.
Nuclear Cardiologists at Penn Highlands Connellsville perform
cutting edge heart scans and tests to provide diagnostics and condition management plans. Nuclear Cardiology is
the study and use of noninvasive techniques to assess and evaluate dysfunctions of the heart: blood flow, pumping function, size, and location. Nuclear medicine injects small amounts of radioactive materials - radiotracers - into the bloodstream, nose (inhaled) or mouth (swallowed). These radiotracers travel to the area being examined and give off gamma rays which are detected by a special camera and depicted by a computer as highly detailed images of the heart. Significant diseases and conditions treated at
Nuclear Cardiology practices include schaemic heart disease, coronary artery disease and cardiomyopathy.
Medical tests, procedures and therapies provided by Nuclear Cardiology
practices include supervising cardiac stress tests and cardiac specific radiotracking, SPECT gamma imaging analysis, fusion/hybrid imaging (structural with CT/MR + functional SPECT/PET), multiple gated acquisition (MUGA), radionuclide angiography, ventriculography, or gated pool imaging.
A nuclear medicine physician who specializes in nuclear cardiology.
Nuclear Cardiologists in Greensburg, PA
Physician Assisting
A physician assistant is a person who has successfully completed an accredited education program for physician assistant, is licensed by the state and is practicing within the scope of that license. Physician assistants are formally trained to perform many of the routine, time-consuming tasks a physician can do. In some states, they may prescribe medications. They take medical histories, perform physical exams, order lab tests and x-rays, and give inoculations. Most states require that they work under the supervision of a physician.
Physician Assistants in Greensburg, PA
Nurse Practitioner
A registered nurse provider with a graduate degree in nursing prepared for advanced practice involving independent and interdependent decision making and direct accountability for clinical judgment across the health care continuum or in a certified specialty. (2) A registered nurse who has completed additional training beyond basic nursing education and who provides primary health care services in accordance with state nurse practice laws or statutes. Tasks performed by nurse practitioners vary with practice requirements mandated by geographic, political, economic, and social factors. Nurse practitioner specialists include, but are not limited to, family nurse practitioners, gerontological nurse practitioners, pediatric nurse practitioners, obstetric-gynecologic nurse practitioners, and school nurse practitioners.
Nurse Practitioners in Greensburg, PA
Interventional Cardiology
Penn Highlands Connellsville is an Interventional Cardiology practice in Greensburg, PA
with healthcare providers who have special training and skill in diagnosing and treating cardiovascular disease, congenital (present at birth) heart dysfunctions, and structural heart conditions. Interventional Cardiologists rank among the world's foremost authorities on cardiovascular disease and its treatment.
Interventional Cardiologists at Penn Highlands Connellsville perform
diagnostic exams and scans like angiograms, ECGs, MCOTs, stress tests, ultrasound imaging, nuclear imaging, peripheral vascular testing, as well as anticoagulation, heart failure, lipid and cholesterol surgery and management. Interventional Cardiology is
the study, assessment, diagnosis, and treatment of cardiovascular conditions. Significant diseases and conditions treated at
Interventional Cardiology practices include cardiac disease, coronary artery disease, peripheral vascular disease, heart valve disease, structural and non-valvular heart disease, hertrophic cardiomyopahty, resistant hypertension, atrial septal defect, aortic stenosis, and patent foramen ovale.
Medical tests, procedures and therapies provided by Interventional Cardiology
practices include coronary artery bypass grafting, angioplasty and stenting, atherectomy, embolic protection, percutaneous valve repair, and balloon angioplasty.
An area of medicine within the subspecialty of cardiology, which uses specialized imaging and other diagnostic techniques to evaluate blood flow and pressure in the coronary arteries and chambers of the heart and uses technical procedures and medications to treat abnormalities that impair the function of the cardiovascular system.
Interventional Cardiologists in Greensburg, PA
