• Echocardiograms
• Exercise stress tests
• Pharmacological / exercise stress tests
• Transesophageal echocardiograms
• Transthoracic echocardiograms
• Arterial ultrasound exams – Abdominal aorta aneurysm scans – Bypass graft scans – Pseudoaneurysm scans – Renal artery scans – Upper and lower extremity arterial duplex scans
• Extra-cranial cerebrovascular duplex scans
• Physiologic arterial testing – Ankle-brachial index ( ABI ) – Segmental pressure tests
• Venous ultrasound exams – Upper and lower extremity vein mapping and scanning – Upper and lower extremity venous duplex
An ongoing goal of the hospital is to exceed national standards and encourage the IAC to continuously evaluate national standards .
Purav Mody , MD - Medical Director , Non-Invasive Cardiology Laboratory
Non-invasive services : cardiology
Baylor Scott & White Heart and Vascular Hospital – Dallas offers a comprehensive range of noninvasive approaches and technologies used by physicians on the medical staff to diagnose heart disease .
21,383
The Intersocietal Accreditation Commission ( IAC ) granted accreditation to the hospital ’ s non-invasive services echocardiography and vascular testing programs .
Non-invasive cardiac services offered :
• Echocardiograms
• Exercise stress tests
• Pharmacological / exercise stress tests
Bertram Smith , III , MD , FACS - Medical Director , Non-Invasive Vascular Laboratory
Total number of non-invasive visits ( FY24 )
• Transesophageal echocardiograms
• Transthoracic echocardiograms
14,507 Transthoracic
echocardiogram ( FY24 )
Non-Invasive Services
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 boardcertified vascular surgeons , cardiologists and other specialists .
3,743 Vascular studies ( FY24 )
Types of non-invasive vascular procedures available :
• Arterial ultrasound exams – Abdominal aorta aneurysm scans – Bypass graft scans – Pseudoaneurysm scans – Renal artery scans – Upper and lower extremity arterial duplex scans
• Extra-cranial cerebrovascular duplex scans
• Physiologic arterial testing – Ankle-brachial index ( ABI ) – Segmental pressure tests
• Venous ultrasound exams – Upper and lower extremity vein mapping and scanning – Upper and lower extremity venous duplex
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Baylor Scott & White Heart and Vascular Hospital — Dallas | Non-Invasive Services
1,374 Transesophageal
echocardiogram ( FY24 )