The Chest Pain Center, located in the emergency department, has experience with a high incidence of cardiac emergencies and provides the consultative services of the hospital's well-known cardiovascular physicians to aid in the diagnosis and treatment of chest pain and heart attacks. To improve the chances of surviving a heart attack with dramatically reduced risk, a patient must seek medical attention immediately. The Center provides continuous EKG monitoring and the very latest in technology. Cardiac Surgery Vascular Surgery Cardiac Catheterizations and Coronary Interventions Sequoia cardiologists pioneered the peripheral atherectomy procedure to clear fatty tissue blocking leg arties and developed the directional coronary atherectomy procedure to remove blockages in the more complex artery. Electrophysiology - Sequoia's electrophysiologists did pioneering work with the implantable defibrillator.
Cardiac treadmill tests the heart function before, during and after a controlled period of exercise.
Echocardiography records cardiac structure and functioning by high frequency sound waves reflected back from the heart. Transesophogeal echo-cardiography images the heart from inside the thoracic cavity. Stress echo-cardiography is performed to assess the heart's functional ability to pump blood. Holter monitoring assesses heart rhythm during normal activities. Thallium testing determines heart muscle viability.