Dedicated to Caring for Your Heart
Heart disease can affect anyone. That’s why we’re bringing exceptional providers and leading-edge care techniques to the community at AdventHealth South Overland Park to help you heal in body, mind and spirit.
Here, your heart care is at the center of our focus. Regardless of which cardiovascular condition you or a loved one faces, our Overland Park Cardiologists will be here to answer your questions and develop a treatment plan to reach your goals for recovery.
Your Heart is in Good Hands
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Experienced, Compassionate Providers
Our team of heart specialists is led by board-certified physicians with the experience you need — and want — to care for your heart. We work together with cardiologists, cardiovascular surgeons, therapists and other experts to find answers for you.
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Leading-Edge Heart Care
When it comes to your heart, only the best care will do. With our expansion, we’re bringing you advanced diagnostic tools and testing and state-of-the-art procedures, including proven approaches to surgery and non-invasive treatments.
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Advancing Heart Research
We’re working to elevate heart care through our research partnership with AdventHealth Research Institute at Kansas City. Soon, you’ll be able to take advantage of exciting clinical trials and promising studies that advance heart care and treatment.
Cardiovascular Testing and Treatment
The heart is an amazing muscle. And most of the time, you don’t even need to think about the complex job your heart is doing. But, when something’s off, you need comprehensive, evidence-based care, from advanced imaging to state-of-the-art surgery. That’s what you’ll find at AdventHealth South Overland Park, and these are just a few of the ways we care for your whole health.
- Cardiac Catheterization
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Guided by an X-ray of your anatomy, your surgeon will thread a catheter from a blood vessel in your groin to your heart. There, your doctor can run tests to diagnose several heart conditions. Cardiac catheterization can also help treat certain conditions if needed.
- Stress Testing
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A stress test is a physical exam that tests the strength of your heart at its most active state. This helps us understand your heart health.
Stress Test
In a standard stress test, your technician will attach electrical conductors called electrodes to your body, which are connected to a nearby monitor that records your heart activity during exercise.
Nuclear Stress Test
In some cases, your provider may perform a nuclear stress test, where a radioactive substance is injected into your bloodstream. The radioactive substance flows throughout your body and can be seen on images taken before and during exercise — when it comes into contact with your heart — allowing us to see your heart activity better.
After a special camera takes photos of your heart at rest, you will be connected to electrodes and asked to walk on a treadmill, similar to a standard treadmill stress test. Your technician will increase the intensity of the workout, and at the most strenuous part of the exercise, more of the radioactive substance will be administered into your bloodstream. Your heart will be scanned again so your radiologist can compare how your blood circulates when your heart is at rest versus when it’s working hard.
Stress Echocardiogram
Like a standard treadmill stress test, a stress echocardiogram uses electrodes connected to a computer screen to monitor your heart at its most intense level of exercise. The difference is the instrument used to capture the monitoring.
Before your exam, your technician will move a wand-like device called a transducer across your chest to collect sound waves from your heart. Then, you’ll walk on a treadmill with increasing intensity, with the electrodes still connected to the monitoring equipment. As you reach the most intense part of the exercise, you will immediately end the exercise. As you rest, your technician will return the transducer to your chest and capture images of your heart.
- Echocardiogram
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Transthoracic Echocardiogram
In a transthoracic echocardiogram, sound waves are sent from a wand-like device called a transducer into your chest. Echoes from the sound waves are recorded back into the transducer and translated into images at a nearby monitor.
Transesophageal Echocardiogram
In some cases, your technician may focus on capturing sound waves from your esophagus to see if your heart is clotting. This exam is called a transesophageal echocardiogram.
- Thoracoscopy
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In this procedure, your surgeon will thread a long tube called a thoracoscope into your shoulder blade toward your chest and lungs. Once the thoracoscope reaches its destination, your surgeon can capture videos of the inside of your body using a tiny camera attached to the end of the device.
- Heart Failure
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Heart failure can be an overwhelming diagnosis. Have peace of mind knowing that your care will be guided by a team of experienced and compassionate providers. From the cardiologist who oversees your care to the rehabilitation therapists who cheer on your recovery, we’re here for you.
Nationally Recognized Cardiology Care
We never stop striving to deliver the best care to you and your loved ones. Often, that includes working closely with national organizations to ensure we are providing the latest treatment options, following the newest guidelines and sharing the most accurate information and advice with you.
While many industry leaders have recognized our hard work, our biggest accomplishment is always guiding you to whole health. We’ve earned these recognitions:
- Get with the Guidelines: Heart Attack Care – American Heart Association
- Get with the Guidelines: Rescue and Resuscitation Care – American Heart Association
- Mission Lifeline – American Heart Association
- Primary Stroke Center: Gold Seal of Approval – The Joint Commission
We are also working hard to become a certified Comprehensive Cardiac Center from The Joint Commission.
Let Us Care Yor You
We’re here to answer questions and ease your mind at every step of your heart care journey.