Heart, Pulmonary, and Vascular Care

St. Luke's Magic Valley Medical Center offers the most comprehensive heart care services in the Magic Valley. With a Cardiac Catheterization Lab, Cardiology, and Respiratory Care Department, services include diagnostic and interventional catheterizations, pacemaker insertions, non-invasive cardiac studies, a cardiac and pulmonary functions lab, vascular studies, respiratory therapy, education, and heart screenings.

Cardiac Cath Lab

• Diagnostic in Interventional Cardiac Catherization

• Pacemaker Insertions and Revision

Heart disease is the number one killer of men and women in Southern Idaho.

St Luke's Magic Valley Medical Center now offers the most comprehensive services in Magic Valley to take care of your heart.These services include Diagnostic and Interventional Catheterizations, Cardiac Rehabilitation, and Vascular Studies and more.

The primary function of the cardiology lab at St. Luke's Magic Valley Medical Center is for cardiac diagnostic testing. We feature a fully registered staff with state of the art equipment. The lab is located directly down the hall from the emergency room entrance.

Cardiopulmonary Diagnostics

The following are the various procedures performed in our lab:

• EKG's

• Holter Montoring

• Stress Tests

• Echocardiography

• Cardiac Ultrasound Technology

EKG and electrocardiogram is a test that is done to obtain an electrical reading of the heart. The information obtained allows the physician to determine if further testing is needed.

Holter monitor: Because the EKG gives only a brief reading of the electrical activity of the heart, the Dr may order a study that will supply him/her with more information. One the the tests the doctor may order is a holter monitor. A patient comes to the lab and has a small monitor attached that will record every heartbeat they have for the next twenty-four hours. These are usually put on patients with symptoms of dizzy, fainting, rapid heart rate of palpitations.

Stress Testing: Follow up testing for chest pain that may or may not be caused by the heart. Various forms of stress testing are available to your physician, from basic walking stress test to stress test that utilize pharmaceutical and radio nuclide agents to stress echocardiogram. Your physician will decide which modality is right for you,

Echocardiogram: This is a procedure done to assess the mechanical function of the heart. This is done by taking ultrasound images of the heart. The pictures obtained will show the doctors the size of the heart, if a person has any murmurs and what might be causing them, and also how well the heart is functioning.

Tran Esophageal Echocardiogram: If the doctor is not able to get adequate images with an echocardiogram, he/she may schedule a patient for a trans esophageal echocardiogram. This test is done as a same day procedure. The patient is given sedation via IV to relax them during the procedure. One the patient is relaxed and ready, the physician inserts a small scope down the esophagus until it is directly behind the heart. This allows for a clearer picture of the valves and smaller structures in the heart that may be difficult to see with a regular echocardiogram. Following the procedure, the patient is recovered and watched until the sedation has worn off, then they are free to go home.

Education

Visit our classes section for current Heart and Vascular Classes and Events

Cardiac Rehabilitation

This program is designed to help coronary heart disease, heart attack, and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (emphysema, asthma, bronchitis) patients. Benefits of the program include decreased blood pressure, strengthened muscles, and increased energy.

Also See Vascular Lab