Focus On Prevention, Diagnosis and Rehabilitation

A guiding principle for the South Texas Cardiovascular Consultants is to provide appropriate, high quality care at the lowest possible cost. This is made possible by maintaining strong capabilities in quality assurance and utilization review, staying abreast of the latest industry developments, and focusing solely on cardiovascular disease.

Patient education and counseling programs on nutrition, weight control and stress management help prevent cardiac problems from occurring or worsening as well as enhance recovery following a cardiac illness. In addition, an innovative cardiac rehabilitation program featuring multi-level exercises helps patients return to normal activities safely and expediently.

Patients of the South Texas Cardiovascular Consultants have peace of mind knowing that not just one, but a team of the most experienced cardiologists can consult with each other when diagnosing a problem to determine the best course of treatment. Diagnostic and intervention procedures offered include:

• Routine and chemical stress electrocardiography
• Nuclear cardiology studies of myocardial perfusion and function.
• Diagnostic arrhythmia detection including holter, King of Hearts, event and signal average EKG monitoring
• All forms of echocardiography, including two-dimensional, stress, transesophageal, pulsed, continuous-wave and color flow doppler
• Right and left heart catheterization
• Pacemaker implantation and Evaluation