Cardio Services

How We Diagnose Heart Disease

Your cardiologist may recommend diagnostics such as

30-Day Event Recorders
4-Hour Holter Monitors
Arterial Vascular Study Lower Extremity
Dobutamine Stress Test with Echocardiography Imaging or Nuclear Imaging
Echocardiogram (EEG)
Electrocardiogram (ECG)
Exercise Stress Test
Lexiscan Stress Test
Transesophageal Echocardiogram (TEE)

If you are suffering from heart disease, there is hope.

Accredited Chest Pain Centers

NMC provides advanced care, close to home. The Chest Pain team at NMC has one primary goal: to ensure that patients get the treatment they need during the early stages of a heart attack. Our goal is to reduce the time from the patient's arrival at the emergency department to treatment – to avoid as much heart damage as possible.

Accredited Chest Pain Centers demonstrate expertise in

Integrating the emergency department with the local emergency medical system
Assessing, diagnosing and treating patients quickly
Effectively treating patients with low risk for acute coronary syndrome and no assignable cause for their symptoms
Continually seeking to improve processes and procedures
Ensuring Chest Pain Center personnel competency and training
Maintaining organizational structure and commitment
Having a functional design that promotes optimal patient care
Supporting community outreach programs that educate the public to promptly seek medical care if they display symptoms of a possible heart attack

Cardiac Catheterization Lab

The cardiac catheterization lab at Nacogdoches Medical Center offers a wide range of diagnostic and interventional procedures. Some procedures and benefits to this approach:

Many life-saving procedures can be performed in our catheterization lab rather than in the surgery suite
Less invasive procedures may have fewer complications than other surgical procedures
Interventional cardiologists and dedicated, experienced licensed radiology technicians and registered nurses

Other Treatments Offered

Angioplasty
Artificial Heart Valve Surgery
Atherectomy
Bypass Surgery
Minimally Invasive Heart Surgery
Stent Procedure

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10 Health Tips for People Who Sit for Long Hours

Sitting for a long period of time, whether it’s in the office or at home, can work against a person’s health in the long run. Ultimately, it may increase your risk for weight gain, heart disease, joint pain and diabetes, and it may also affect your posture.

If you are guilty of sitting majority of your day, here are some health tips that can help you avoid the long-term consequences that sitting for long hours may cause.

1. Support your back using a small pillow or towel to maintain good posture.	2. Position your computer screen at eye level to avoid straining your neck and eyes.
3. Keep your feet flat on the floor, so your body weight is evenly distributed across your hips.	4. Stand up every hour to stretch and just take a few minutes to move your body.
5. Go for a quick walk during your break time.	6. Take the stairs, instead of the elevator, as much as possible.
7. Remember to get 30 minutes of moderate exercise, 5 days a week, even in 10-minute increments.	8. Eat healthier and limit your sugar intake.
9. Commit to drinking more water.	10. Squeeze in short, high-intensity workouts in your schedule.

Final Thoughts

Sitting for long hours doesn’t have to completely compromise your health and well-being. Following the tips above can help you stay on top of your health as well as prevent the common health risks attached to living a sedentary lifestyle. However, if you’re experiencing signs of a chronic condition, whether it’s joint pain, diabetes or heart disease, please schedule an appointment with one of our doctors to get checked as soon as possible.

Have a productive day ahead!

Sources:
Harvard Health Publishing
Healthline
Lifehack