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Cardiology - branch of medicine

Al Jameel Medical Center competently evaluates, treats, and helps you manage diseases and conditions of the heart and blood vessels. We also specialize in helping patients lead a healthier lifestyle free from cardiovascular disorders.

We have some of todays most technologically advanced interventional and non-invasive procedures including:

Non-invasive cardiac imaging.
Echocardiography (ECG).
Cardiovascular magnetic resonance imaging (MRI).
Stress Test and Resting ECG.

How Does Smoking Cause Heart Disease?

The nicotine in smoke:

Reduces how much oxygen your.
Raises your blood.
Speeds up your heart.
Makes blood clots more likely, which attacks or strokes
Harms the insides of your blood those in your heart.

The chemicals in tobacco smoke harm your blood cells. They also can damage the function of your heart and the structure and function of your blood vessels. This damage increases your risk of atherosclerosis.

Atherosclerosis is a disease in which a waxy substance called plaque builds up in the arteries. Over time, plaque hardens and narrows your arteries. This limits the flow of oxygen-rich blood to your organs and other parts of your body.

Cardiology Services

Examination

Home Visits

ECG Resting

Stress ECG (TMT)

Echocardiogram

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Cardiology Examination

The major elements of the cardiac exam include observation, palpation and, most importantly, auscultation (percussion is omitted). As with all other areas of the physical exam, establishing adequate exposure and a quiet environment are critical. Initially, the patient should rest supine with the upper body elevated 30 to 45 degrees. Most exam tables have an adjustable top. If not, use 2 or 3 pillows. Remember that although assessment of pulse and blood pressure are discussed in the vital signs section they are actually important elements of the cardiac exam.

The evaluation of the cardiovascular system focuses on the heart, but should also include an assessment for disease in the arterial system throughout the body. Atherosclerosis, the most common cardiovascular ailment in the western world, is a systemic disease. As such, appropriate evaluation requires a broad assessment.
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Home visit

Studies suggest that home visits can lead to improved medical care through the discovery of unmet health care needs. One study found that home assessment of elderly patients with relatively good health status and function resulted in the detection of an average of four new medical problems and up to eight new intervention recommendations per patient.

The four major types of home

Illness visits

Visits to dying patients

home assessment visits follow-up visits after hospitalization

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What can an ECG (electrocardiogram) show?

An electrocardiogram can be a useful way to find out whether your high blood pressure has caused any damage to your heart or bloodvessels. Because of this, you may be asked to have an ECG when you are first diagnosed with high

Some of the things an ECG reading can detect are:

cholesterol clogging up your heart's.

A heart attack in the past.

Enlargement of one side of the heart

Abnormal heart rhythms

The Resting ECG is done if your doctor is interests in how your heart is working while you are at rest, you will be asked to lie down and relax while the heartbeat is being recorded.

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When is a Regular Stress Test Needed?

A regular stress test is considered in the following circumstances:

Patients with symptoms or signs that are suggestive of coronary artery diseases (CAD).

Patients with significant risk factors for CAD.

To evaluate exercise tolerance when patients have unexplained fatigue and shortness of breath.

To evaluate blood pressure response to exercise in patients with borderline hypertension.

To look for exercise-induced serious irregular heart beats.

Please remember that the regular stress test is heavily dependent upon interpretation of EKG changes produced by exercise. Therefore, the reliability drops drastically if there are significant EKG changes at rest (for example in patients with long standing high blood pressure, an artificial cardiac pacemaker, use of medications like digitalis, or presence of a bundle branch block pattern, etc.). In all such cases, the physician will usually order an Echo Stress Test or a Nuclear Stress Test, particularly if he or she is suspecting coronary artery disease. However, a regular stress may be sufficient in stable patients or those with a low suspicion of coronary artery disease who are being assessed for exercise tolerance (for example, prior to undergoing a structured exercise or rehab program).

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Echocardiogram

An echocardiogram (also called an echo) is a type of ultrasound test that uses high-pitched sound waves that are sent through a device called a transducer. The device picks up echoes of the sound waves as they bounce off the different parts of your heart. These echoes are turned into moving pictures of your heart that can be seen on a video screen.

Transthoracic echocardiogram (TTE). This is the most common type. Views of the heart are obtained by moving the transducer to different locations on your chest or abdominal wall.

Doppler echocardiogram. This test is used to look at how blood flows through the heart chambers, heart valves, and blood vessels. The movement of the blood reflects sound waves to a transducer. The ultrasound computer then measures the direction and speed of the blood flowing through your heart and blood vessels. Doppler measurements may be displayed in black and white or in color.
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