Pacific Heart Institute offers comprehensive diagnostic and therapeutic cardiovascular services for our patients. These begin with a consultation with one or more of our cardiologists, and we provide ongoing evaluation and management of cardiovascular problems. We believe that prevention of heart disease offers the best outcome, and we offer services designed to promote primary prevention of cardiovascular disease.

Here are some of the services we offer in our office. The links below will take you to a CardioSmart, HRSOnline, or NHLBI web page.  CardioSmart is a consumer information service of the American College of Cardiology Foundation, and Heart Rhythm Society, the largest professional society of cardiac electrophysiologists, operates HRSOnline. National Heart Lung and Blood Institute (NHLBI) is a component of the federal research organization, National Institutes of Health (NIH).

Electrocardiogram (ECG or EKG)
Ambulatory Blood Pressure Monitor
Ultrasound Studies
            Echocardiogram
            Carotid Ultrasound
            Venous Ultrasound
            Arterial Ultrasound
            Abdominal Aorta Ultrasound
Nuclear Studies
            Nuclear Stress Tests
            MUGA (Multiple Gated Acquisition)
Stress Tests
Arrhythmia Monitoring and Risk Stratification
            Holter and Event Monitors
            T-Wave Alternans Testing

Our cardiologists perform following procedures at a hospital, mostly at the adjacent St. John's Health Center:           

Transesophageal Echocardiogram
Cardiac Catheterization and Coronary Angiography
Coronary Angioplasty and Stent Implantation
Peripheral and Renal Artery Angioplasty and Stent Implantation
Carotid Artery Stent Implantation
Atrial Septal Occluder Implantation
Cardiac Electrophysiology Study
Cardioversion
Arrhythmia Ablations
Pacemaker Implantation
Defibrillator Implantation