February is Heart Month!
Trinitas maintains a full-service cardiac facility as well as facilities for the intensive nursing care of patients with cardiac disease. These include a cardiac care unit, intermediate coronary care unit, cardiac catheterization lab, non-invasive cardiology services, full-service emergency department, and cardiac rehabilitation services.
Trinitas Regional Medical Center provides elective angioplasty procedures following approval by the New Jersey Commissioner of Health & Senior Services. The Medical Center performs both elective and emergency angioplasty procedures in our state-of-the-art Cardiac Catheterization Lab.
The spacious and modern Diagnostic Center provides a convenient, all-in-one facility for inpatient and outpatient testing including echocardiograms, nuclear stress testing, electrocardiograms, electroencephlagrams, holter monitoring, pacemaker evaluations, vascular studies, muga scans and pulmonary function tests.
Did you know Trinitas Offers Non-Invasive Alternative To Heart Surgery?
A cutting edge procedure is now being offered at
Trinitas Regional Medical Center for patients who suffer from coronary artery
disease, angina or congestive heart failure. EECP - Enhanced External
Counterpulsation - is the only non-surgical cardiac treatment that has been
clinically proven in medical studies to be as effective as bypass surgery,
stents or angioplasty without any of the risks or recovery time associated with
surgery.
Enhanced External Counterpulsation opens or forms small blood vessels, thereby creating natural bypasses around narrowed or blocked arteries and improving the flow of healthy, oxygenated blood to the heart. These new blood vessels help reduce or eliminate angina, increase energy and stamina and return patients to activities they thought they had given up forever.
The FDA-approved procedure, which is covered by Medicare and most insurance, is a relatively simple treatment. Patients lie comfortably on a special bed while several blood pressure cuffs are wrapped around their legs. These cuffs inflate and deflate in sync with the patient's heart beat, pumping healthy blood throughout the body and pushing oxygen-rich blood toward the heart. Patients undergo a one-hour treatment every day for seven weeks, and are able to read, listen to music or sleep during the procedure.
"Many patients assume that their cardiac symptoms, including chest pain, pressure or lack of energy, are irreversible," says Arthur Millman, MD, Chief of Cardiology at Trinitas. "But studies show that the EECP procedure can significantly improve or completely eliminate symptoms, and greatly increase stamina, exercise tolerance and quality of life. It can also reduce or eliminate the use of nitroglycerin and other medications."
Nearly everyone with coronary artery disease, angina or congestive heart failure can benefit from EECP. It is particularly well-suited to people who have already had angioplasty, stents or bypass surgery and are experiencing a return of their heart disease symptoms. It is also ideal for patients who are not candidates for surgery due to other conditions, as well as diabetics and women with small blood vessels.
In addition to EECP, Trinitas Regional Medical Center offers the region's most comprehensive cardiac services, including a full-service cardiac facility as well as facilities for the intensive nursing care of patients with cardiac disease. These include an emergency angioplasty program, cardiac care unit, intermediate coronary care unit, cardiac catheterization lab, full service emergency department and cardiac rehabilitation services. These facilities are all staffed by the area's largest team of board-certified cardiologists, an experienced cardiovascular nursing staff, and specially-trained cardiac technicians.
For more information on EECP please call 908-994-5072
Enhanced External Counterpulsation opens or forms small blood vessels, thereby creating natural bypasses around narrowed or blocked arteries and improving the flow of healthy, oxygenated blood to the heart. These new blood vessels help reduce or eliminate angina, increase energy and stamina and return patients to activities they thought they had given up forever.
The FDA-approved procedure, which is covered by Medicare and most insurance, is a relatively simple treatment. Patients lie comfortably on a special bed while several blood pressure cuffs are wrapped around their legs. These cuffs inflate and deflate in sync with the patient's heart beat, pumping healthy blood throughout the body and pushing oxygen-rich blood toward the heart. Patients undergo a one-hour treatment every day for seven weeks, and are able to read, listen to music or sleep during the procedure.
"Many patients assume that their cardiac symptoms, including chest pain, pressure or lack of energy, are irreversible," says Arthur Millman, MD, Chief of Cardiology at Trinitas. "But studies show that the EECP procedure can significantly improve or completely eliminate symptoms, and greatly increase stamina, exercise tolerance and quality of life. It can also reduce or eliminate the use of nitroglycerin and other medications."
Nearly everyone with coronary artery disease, angina or congestive heart failure can benefit from EECP. It is particularly well-suited to people who have already had angioplasty, stents or bypass surgery and are experiencing a return of their heart disease symptoms. It is also ideal for patients who are not candidates for surgery due to other conditions, as well as diabetics and women with small blood vessels.
In addition to EECP, Trinitas Regional Medical Center offers the region's most comprehensive cardiac services, including a full-service cardiac facility as well as facilities for the intensive nursing care of patients with cardiac disease. These include an emergency angioplasty program, cardiac care unit, intermediate coronary care unit, cardiac catheterization lab, full service emergency department and cardiac rehabilitation services. These facilities are all staffed by the area's largest team of board-certified cardiologists, an experienced cardiovascular nursing staff, and specially-trained cardiac technicians.
For more information on EECP please call 908-994-5072
