Heart Center

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Dedicated to quality patient care, the Heart Center at Brownwood Regional Medical Center provides a team of specially trained cardiovascular technicians and nurses, along with qualified cardiologists, who work together to obtain information for the diagnosis and treatment of cardiac diseases.

The Heart Center offers many diagnostic services:
• Cardiac Catheterization
• Pacemaker Implantation
• Echocardiography
• Holter Monitoring
• Cardiac Ultrasound Imaging
• Stress Testing
• Nuclear Medicine Scans
• Cerebral, Visceral, and Peripheral Angiography

The Heart Center also houses a proven cardiac rehabilitation program in which the progress of patients recovering from heart surgery or cardiovascular disease is carefully monitored.

Rehabilitation programs include:
• Echocardiography
• Transesophageal Echocardiography
• Nuclear and Routine Stress Testing
• Holter Monitor
• Event Monitor
• Pacemaker Follow-up Check
• 12 Lead EKG
• Signal Average EKG
• Pediatric Cardiology Referral Services