Cardiology in Kansas City

Cardiovascular wellness depends on many factors — like age, gender and family history. While many of these factors are outside your control, a few small changes can have an immediate and positive impact on your heart health. That’s why we offer a free, online heart risk assessment to identify where and how you can make these adjustments. Our goal is to raise your awareness and reduce the risk of heart attack and many other cardiovascular conditions.

Here’s how you can identify your risk of a heart attack or a stroke:

First, complete our free heart disease assessment. The assessment only takes about 6 minutes. At the end of the free assessment, you can download a summary of your results and share them with your primary care physician, if you choose.

Based on your risk assessment, you may choose to schedule any of the three following offerings:

• A heart scan for $50.
• An ultrasound quick screen of your carotid arteries, abdominal aorta and an ABI to evaluate your risk for peripheral vascular disease for $79.
• A comprehensive review of your individual risk factors, lab results and screening results with a clinical cardiovascular specialist for $35. This takes approximately 1 hour.
• Or you may complete all three of the above services for just $99.

Heart Scan: This test uses a special X-ray called computed tomography (CT) to detect calcium deposits in the coronary arteries. It is a non-invasive test performed in the Radiology Department that takes approximately five to 10 minutes to complete. A score of zero means that no calcium has been detected and indicates a low-risk of coronary artery disease (CAD), while a higher score is associated with a greater risk for CAD. A copy of your results will be mailed to your home and sent to your primary care physician. *Please note that a calcium scoring test requires an order in the state of Kansas. Your primary care physician can either write an order for you, or you can receive an order from one of our cardiology nurse practitioners during the preventative cardiac screening.

Peripheral Vascular Screening and ABI: This is a limited screening ultrasound of the carotid arteries in your neck and the abdominal aorta using sound waves to look for blockages, narrowing, or bulging in your vessels. The ABI or Ankle-Brachial Index is an exam that compares blood pressures in your arms to your legs. An abnormal ratio indicates a restriction of blood flow.

To participate, please complete the cardiovascular risk assessment and then schedule your screening by calling Call913-676-2505.

*Please note that participants are encouraged to complete the online heart risk assessment prior to registering for any of the above screening. Please bring your results with you to the screening.

Stress testing

• Treadmill stress electrocardiograms
• Stress echocardiography
• SPECT stress testing

Cardiac imaging

• Transthoracic echocardiography
• Transesophageal echocardiography
• SPECT cardiac amyloid scan
• Mapping cardiac CT
• Coronary CT
• Cardiac MRI

Additional non-invasive procedures

• Cardioversions
• Tilt-table testing
• Heart failure clinic
• Women’s cardiology program
• Cardio-Oncology program
• Holter and Mobile Cardiac Outpatient Telemetry monitoring

• Diagnostic left heart catheterization and coronary angiography
• Percutaneous balloon angioplasty and stenting
• Intravascular ultrasound
• Optical coherence tomography
• Functional flow reserve testing
• Impella mechanical support
• Intra-aortic balloon pump
• Rotational and orbital atherectomy
• Intracoronary lithotripsy
• Pericardiocentesis
• Temporary transvenous pacemakers
• Pulmonary artery pressure monitor implantation

• Transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVR)
• Transcatheter mitral valve edge to edge repair (TEER)
• Atrial septal closure
• PFO closure
• Left atrial appendage closure

• Dual chamber pacemakers
• Biventricular pacemakers
• Leadless pacemakers
• Defibrillators and biventricular defibrillators
• Subcutaneous defibrillators
• Cardiac contractility modulation
• Atrial fibrillation/flutter ablations
• Supraventricular tachycardia ablations
• Ventricular tachycardia/PVC ablations
• Electrophysiology studies
• Implantable loop recorders
• Convergent procedure

Cardiothoracic

• CABG
• Aortic root and ascending aortic aneurysm repair
• Heart valve repair and replacement surgeries
• Minimally invasive left atrial appendage ligation
• CryoMaze
• Cardiac tumor resection
• Endocarditis vegetation resection
• Septal defect repairs
• Intraoperative transesophageal echocardiogram and epi-aortic Doppler

Thoracic

• Minimally invasive (VATS) lobectomy
• VATS pleurodesis
• Thymectomy
• VATS mediastinal biopsy