What's Your Heart's Real Age?
Are you young at heart? Or have lifestyle factors or family history made your heart old beyond your years?
Take Laredo Medical Center's free heart risk assessment to find out your heart's relative age and to learn more about your personal risk factors. You'll also receive tips to help you take control of your heart health and an instant report to share with your doctor.
Taking good care of your heart can help reduce your risk of heart disease and help you live a long and healthy life. The heart care team at Laredo Medical Center is with you every step of the way - from preventive screenings and lifestyle support, through minimally invasive treatments and life-saving emergency care.
Why Choose Us?
We know it can be concerning to suspect you may have a heart issue, especially if your symptoms don't immediately point to an obvious diagnosis. At Laredo Medical Center, we get to the heart of the matter by providing a wide spectrum of cardiac services from screening and evaluation to helping you maintain a more heart-healthy lifestyle and improve your overall health. The heart and vascular team is comprised of multi-specialty cardiac professionals from diverse backgrounds who are dedicated to providing the highest quality of cardiac care in Laredo, Texas, with more than 60 years of experience.
As a Primary Stroke Center and an Accredited Chest Pain Center, we use established best practices in heart care to help our patients receive accurate diagnoses. Our diagnostic and imaging capabilities help us to identify heart disease early, when it's most treatable. And, in the event that critical heart care is needed, our approach focuses on providing timely care to minimize heart damage and reduce the disruption to your life, all while helping you understand how best to implement a treatment plan that meets your specific heart care needs.
In addition, our facilities include interventional cardiology suites with updated technology to aid in the diagnosis and treatment of a range of patient conditions, including procedures for diagnostic catheterizations, stenting and balloon angioplasty. These suites allow us to offer electrophysiology services for the treatment of arrhythmias including atrial fibrillation (AFib).
About Our Services
The cardiac team at Laredo Medical Center offers a range of services including:
- Cardiac screening and evaluation testing: cardiac stress test, dobutamine stress testing and echocardiogram
- 24- and 48-hour heart monitoring/electrocardiogram
- Arterial blood gas (ABG) testing
- Cardiac catheterization labs
- Electrophysiology studies
- Specialized treatment for heart rhythm disorders, such as AFib, including cardioversions
- Pulmonary function testing, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) management and asthma management
- Cardiovascular and cardiothoracic surgery
- Education and exercise-based heart and vascular rehabilitation
Laredo Medical Center is a Primary Stroke Center and an Accredited Chest Pain Center v6 with Primary PCI (Percutaneous Coronary Interventions), accredited by the American College of Cardiology.
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