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NON-INVASIVE SERVICES
The Intersocietal Accreditation Commission ( IAC ) has granted accreditation to the hospital ’ s non-invasive services echocardiography and vascular testing programs . An ongoing goal of the hospital is to exceed national standards and encourage the IAC to continuously evaluate national standards .
NON-INVASIVE SERVICES : CARDIOLOGY
Baylor Scott & White Heart and Vascular Hospital – Dallas offers a comprehensive range of non-invasive approaches and technologies to diagnose heart disease used by physicians on the medical staff . The echocardiography lab serves as a nationally recognized Core Lab supporting a wide variety of national research trials . The lab is also recognized and accredited by the IAC for Echocardiographic Laboratories .
3-Dimensional transesophageal echocardiogram
Used by some of the most advanced echocardiography labs in the world , 3-dimensional transesophageal echocardiograms are performed by specially trained team members and physicians on the medical staff at Baylor Scott & White Heart and Vascular - Dallas . 3-dimensional imaging in echocardiography has proven to be superior to 2-dimensional echocardiography . Cardiac chamber volumes , congenital abnormalities and structural heart disease evaluations are more accurate and reproducible with limitations such as foreshortening a thing of the past , in some cases .
Non-invasive cardiac services offered :
• Exercise stress tests
• Holter monitoring
• Metabolic stress testing
• Pharmacological / exercise stress test
• Echocardiograms
• Transthoracic echocardiograms
• Transesophageal echocardiograms
Total non-invasive procedures performed
> 21,000
( FY20 ):
NON-INVASIVE SERVICES : VASCULAR
Non-invasive vascular services at Baylor Scott & White Heart and Vascular Hospital - Dallas offers diagnostic testing and pre-procedure planning to assist physicians in diagnosing many conditions of the circulatory system , including blood vessel blockages and aneurysms . The entire non-invasive vascular team has received specialized training and certification in vascular imaging .
The non-invasive vascular lab is accredited by the IAC in peripheral venous , peripheral arterial and extracranial cerebrovascular duplex examinations . The department has been accredited for vascular testing since 2005 . All sonographers are nationally registered , while physicians on the medical staff include board-certified vascular surgeons , cardiologists and other specialists .
Types of non-invasive vascular procedures available :
• Extra-cranial cerebrovascular duplex scans
• Arterial ultrasound exams – Upper and lower extremity arterial duplex scans – Bypass graft scans – Pseudoaneurysm scans – Abdominal aorta aneurysm scans – Renal artery scans
• Physiologic arterial testing – Ankle-brachial index ( ABI ) – Segmental pressure test
• Venous ultrasound exams – Upper and lower extremity vein mapping and scanning – Upper and lower extremity venous duplex
The leadership and staff in the non-invasive services department are actively involved in elevating the profession , working on nationwide projects to standardize roles for advanced cardiac sonographers and improving processes and patient experience . Michael Rampoldi , ACS , RDCS , RVT , FASE , manager of non-invasive cardiology at Baylor Scott & White Heart and Vascular Hospital in Dallas and Fort Worth , is a contributing author on two books that are reference guides for echocardiographers : Basic to Advanced Clinical Echocardiography , A Self-Assessment Tool for the Cardiac Sonographer and Echocardiographer ’ s Pocket Reference ( 5th Ed ).