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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What Does Stress Do to Your Body?

Life can be quite stressful. What to do? While we strive to be more about solutions than problems, understanding how stress affects our bodies is a first step in awareness. Be on the lookout for physical signs of stress and get the help you need to manage through the seasons of life.

Headaches	Difficulty Sleeping	Depression, Anxiety	Eating Disorders, Increase in Alcohol or Substance Use	Heart Disease, such as High Blood Pressure
Shortness of Breath, Rapid Breathing	Digestive, Acid Reflux, Nausea	Diabetes	Decline in Sexual Desire or Fertility, Effects on Menstrual Cycles or Menopause	Diarrhea, Constipation

What You Can Do

If you notice one or more ongoing symptoms of stress, please talk with a doctor. Other ways to manage stress:

Seek out relaxing activities, such as breathing exercises or meditation.
Get regular exercise, such as 10 minutes of walking, three times a day.
Stay connected to those who can provide emotional support.
Set goals. Start as small or basic as you need and be mindful of accomplishments.
Learn to say “no” if you feel like you’re taking on too much.

Sources:
National Institute of Mental Health
American Psychological Association