Medical Services
Our Physicians
Our practice consists of both cardiologists and
cardiothoracic surgeons specializing in:
- Cardiovascular Diseases
- Heart Catheterizations
- Peripheral Vascular Disease
- Thoracic Surgery
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- Nuclear Cardiology
- Electrophysiology
- Cardiac Surgery
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- Interventional Cardiology
- Vascular Studies
- Cardiac CT/MR Imaging
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If your doctor has suggested that you see one of our
physicians, it’s because he or she suspects you have
a condition specialized to their care.
Nurse Practitioners and Physician Assistants
In addition to our physicians, we have a full staff
of nurse practitioners and physician
assistants—medical professionals with advanced
training. Your physician may be assisted in the
management of your cardiac diagnostic and treatment
programs by one of these medical professionals.
Diagnostic Services
We provide a full complement of diagnostic services
in our offices including:
- Exercise Stress Testing
- Echocardiography
- Vascular Studies
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- Nuclear Stress Testing
- Heart Catheterizations
- Electrophysiology Monitoring
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Lab and Test Results
Although most diagnostic centers have results
available to your physician within 24 to 48 hours,
your physician must review the results before the
information can be released to you. We will have the
results available to you within 7 to 10 business
days of when the test was performed. In most cases,
the physician will request that a nurse or medical
assistant give you your results.
Obtaining results Through Automated Results
Retrieval System (Televox)
Patients seen in our Sacred Heart office may obtain
their results through the Televox system. To use
this system, call (850) 857-1767. An automated voice
will prompt you to enter your PIN number, which you
received at the time of your last test. If your
results are in the system, you will receive your
results immediately. If your results are not in the
system yet, it will either not provide any results
or state that you have entered an invalid number.
The results are loaded in the system within 7 to 10
business days of when the test was performed. If
this amount of time has passed and your results are
not in the system, please call the main number,
(850) 857-1700, and a nurse or medical assistant
will be able to assist you.
Research
Cardiology Consultants is committed to research for
the prevention of heart disease. Physicians stay on
the cutting edge of their specialty by participating
in a wide variety of research projects, including
new drug studies as well as other studies such as
new pacemakers and surgical techniques.
Participation by patients in these studies is
voluntary. The sponsoring agency compensates
Cardiology Consultants to perform these studies.
In Case of Emergency
Call 911 or go immediately to the closest emergency
room. The hospital will contact our physician on
call. The symptoms of a heart attack vary; but the
usual warning signs are:
- Uncomfortable pressure, fullness, squeezing
or pain in the center of the chest for two
minutes or more
- Pain spreading to the shoulders, neck, jaw,
arms or back
- Dizziness, fainting, sweating, nausea and/or
shortness of breath
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