72
NON-INVASIVE CARDIAC SERVICES
6,742 Total non-invasive
procedures performed ( FY22 )
Baylor Scott & White Heart and Vascular Hospital ’ s Department of Non-Invasive Cardiac Services uses various approaches and available technology to help diagnose heart disease as used by the physicians on the medical staff . Non-invasive cardiac services available include :
Exercise stress tests Holter monitoring Metabolic stress testing Pharmacological / exercise stress tests Echocardiograms Transthoracic echocardiograms
• Transesophageal echocardiograms
The Non-Invasive Department supervisor , Marie “ Bunny ” Owens , RDCS , RVT , passed the American Society of Echocardiography board exam to become one of only 130 Advanced Cardiac Sonographers ( ACS ) in the US . She received the designation of Fellow – American Society of Echocardiography ( FASE ). In addition , several team members accomplished their certification by the American Society of Echocardiography .
The ACS exam is the most difficult in the field of echocardiography for sonographers and demonstrates a profound knowledge and advanced level of critical thinking needed to perform advanced procedures .
5,819 Transthoracic
echocardiograms ( FY22 )
883 Transesophageal
echocardiograms ( FY22 )
Committed to education and knowledge sharing , the team in non-invasive cardiac services at Baylor Scott & White Heart and Vascular Hospital - Fort Worth launched The Sonographer Education Conference in the prior year . This virtual educational event was created to ensure knowledge and technique follows national standards and guidelines set forth by the American Society of Echocardiography . The conference is completely sonographer driven with different speakers every week . Topics are precise and limited to specific points of interest using actual images and case studies , such as : measuring Left Atrial Volume Index ( LAVI ) or identifying the mechanism of mitral regurgitation . Critical thinking is developed through the discussions which are led by our own experts .
Baylor Scott & White Heart and Vascular Hospital - Fort Worth | Non-Invasive Cardiac Services