The San Fernando Valley Heart Institute

Cardiac Surgery

• Aortic Valve Replacement
• Coronary Artery By-Pass
• Maze procedure (intra-operative ablation)
• Mitral Valve Repair/Replacement
• OPCAB (off pump coronary artery by-pass)
• Repair Aortic Dissection/Bentall Procedure
• TMR (transmyocardial revascularization)

Non-Invasive Services

• Nuclear cardiology
  • Cardiolite isotope stress test
  • Pharmacological stress test including Adenosine and Lexiscan
• Digital echocardiology
  • Complete transthoracic imaging
  • Transesophageal echocardiography
  • Stress echocardiography
• Non-invasive vascular lab
  • Venous vascular studies
  • Carotid and peripheral arterial studies
• Tilt table testing
• 64-slice CT being installed

Invasive and Interventional Cardiology

• Angiography
• Angioplasty/Coronary stents
• 2 new state-of-the art cath labs with integrated IVUS & Flow Wire – installation to begin 4th quarter 2009

Electrophysiology

• 3D mapping capability for complex ablation including atrial fibrillation
• Biventricular Pacer/ ICD
• Intercardiac Echo (ICE)
• New state-of-the art dedicated electrophysiology lab – installation scheduled for 3rd quarter 2009

Cardiac Rehabilitation

• Inpatient recovery
• Outpatient monitored exercise
• Outpatient supervised exercise

Facility/Technology

• Two modern operating rooms
• 10-bed cardiovascular care unit
• 18-bed cardiovascular telemetry