Outcomes 2019 - Baylor Scott & White Heart and Vascular Hospital BSWHHVH_646_2019 Outcomes JOOMAG MOD | Page 19

(FY19)
Non-invasive services: Vascular
The leadership and staff in the non-invasive
services department at Baylor Scott & White
Heart and Vascular Hospital – Dallas are actively
involved in elevating the profession, working
on nationwide projects to standardize roles for
advanced cardiac sonographers and improving
processes and patient experience.
The Intersocietal Accreditation Commission
(IAC) has graded 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.
Non-invasive cardiac services offered:
Exercise stress tests
Holter monitoring
Metabolic stress testing
Pharmacological/exercise stress test
Echocardiograms
Transthoracic echocardiograms
Transesophageal echocardiograms
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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
NON-INVASIVE
SERVICES
>17,800
Non-invasive
procedures
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