Your heart deserves specialized attention and the best care. Heart doctors at Ascension Saint Thomas Heart Chattanooga Comprehensive Heart Failure and Transplant Center specialize in diagnosing and treating heart failure. When you choose Ascension Saint Thomas Heart for your heart care, you get a nationally recognized cardiac team that cares for more adult hearts than anyone in the state. To diagnose and monitor heart failure, your doctor may recommend testing, such as:
- Cardiac nuclear imaging
- Echocardiogram (TTE)
- Exercise stress testing (CPET or (CPEX) (in Nashville)
- Stress echocardiograms
- Transesophageal echocardiograms (TEE)
- 24-hour ambulatory EKG monitoring
Your care team takes the time to explain your heart condition and answer your questions — big and small. Then, we work with you to create a care plan that’s right for you.
Advanced care for congestive heart failure
At Ascension Saint Thomas Heart, our doctors specialize in advanced heart failure treatments, including:
- Medication management
- Prescribed exercise plan and low-sodium diet
- Diagnostic testing and imaging for congestive heart failure
- Coordination with the entire cardiovascular care team and primary care
- Ventricular assist device (VAD)
- Heart transplant
- Total artificial heart (TAH)
- Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO)
Our cardiologists use some of the latest therapies and minimally invasive procedures, when possible. These types of procedures may lead to a shorter hospital stay and a quicker recovery than traditional heart surgery.
Refer a patient
Your patients can expect compassionate, personalized care from the moment our care team connects with them. Our doctors start by listening to fully understand your patient’s needs and to develop an individualized care plan. To make a doctor referral, please call 615-222-3078.
Insurance coverage for cardiac rehabilitation
Contact your insurance company if you have questions about your coverage. Medicare Part B and other private health insurance plans may cover cardiac rehabilitation.
If you are experiencing chest pain, especially in combination with jaw or arm pain, lightheadedness, nausea, vomiting or difficulty breathing, you might be having a heart attack. Call 911 or go to the nearest emergency room right away.
