Cardiovascular Services

Baptist Heart & Vascular ProgramCardiovascular Services in Beaumont

Personalized Care at Baptist Hospitals of Southeast Texas

Prioritizing heart health is important. Cardiovascular disease is our nation’s leading cause of death, which is why Baptist Beaumont Hospital’s team of cardiologists, vascular surgeons, and staff focus on keeping hearts strong. Our highly trained staff and board-certified physicians at Baptist Hospitals of Southeast Texas are dedicated to providing the highest quality heart care and achieving optimal patient outcomes.

Our Beaumont hospital offers preventive treatments and comprehensive diagnostic options to screen for heart and valve disease, increasing the chances of early detection.

Care When It Matters Most

Every second counts when you are experiencing a stroke or heart attack. The team at Baptist Hospitals of Southeast Texas provides rapid diagnosis and treatment designed to improve your chances of survival and recovery

These treatments include:

  • Systematic approach to treatment for chest pain
  • Advanced techniques to diagnose stroke and heart attacks including coronary CT angiography
  • Ability for paramedics to send EKG results while en route to hospital
  • On-call heart and stroke specialists available 24 hours a day, seven days a week
  • Noninvasive Arctic Sun cooling for post-cardiac arrest care
  • Telemedicine that enables real-time consultations with specially trained stroke neurologists at the University of Texas – Houston
  • Minimally invasive TAVR treatment for severe aortic stenosis

Recovery Care

Following a heart attack or stroke, Baptist Hospital in Beaumont offers a cardiac rehabilitation program coordinated by a specially trained cardiovascular health and rehabilitation nurse. These programs provide expert stroke and heart rehabilitation care under the direction of a licensed physician.

The Cardiac Rehabilitation Program provides inpatient and outpatient therapy designed to:

  • Decrease risk factors that contribute to further cardiovascular disease
  • Provide exercise and education to improve overall health
  • Improve quality of life through a personalized treatment plan adapted to the individual’s needs and limitations

From our national recognition as a Level IV Chest Pain Center by the Society of Cardiovascular Patient Care to our Outpatient Cardiac Rehabilitation Program, we keep our patients at the heart of all we do.

Types of Procedures

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Electrophysiology
The Heart Center has an electrophysiologist that provides comprehensive diagnostic and interventional procedures for patients with heart rhythm abnormalities, including Holter and event monitoring, implantable loop recorders, exercise stress testing, implantation and monitoring of pacemakers and defibrillators (AICDs), as well as electrophysiology studies and ablation procedures. The center also provides an in-depth evaluation of patients with a family history of sudden cardiac death or familial dysrhythmias.
Heart Failure/Cardiomyopathy Program
The heart failure/cardiomyopathy program is part of an interdisciplinary Team under our well-established cardiology program at Children's Hospital New Orleans. Our team consists of board-certified pediatric cardiothoracic surgeons, pediatric cardiologists, and cardiac specialty nurse practitioners who are skilled experts in the field of pediatric cardiology. We provide both inpatient and outpatient consultation for diagnosis, management, and prognosis of all types of heart failure/cardiomyopathy, some of the more common forms include failed congenital heart disease repair, primary and secondary dilated cardiomyopathy, hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, restrictive cardiomyopathy, left ventricular non-compaction, and cardiomyopathy associated with neurologic/genetic disorders..
Fetal Cardiology
The growing Fetal Cardiology Clinic provides expert anatomic and functional assessments of the tiniest of hearts – particularly the fetuses of new mothers with family or personal histories of cardiac defects, rhythm disturbances, or other abnormal findings detected by their obstetrician. Detailed consultations help diagnose cardiac abnormalities in utero, and if necessary, prepare the family, the obstetric providers, and The Heart Center team with a delivery and transport plan, hospital tour, information about the baby’s cardiac diagnosis and a meeting with the cardiac surgeons, when necessary. The fetal cardiologists work closely with the perinatologists, neonatologists and congenital heart surgeons to provide the highest level of care for babies with a cardiac abnormality during pregnancy, labor and delivery and in the neonatal period. .
Adult congenital heart disease
The mission of the Adult Congenital Heart Disease Program within The Heart Center at Children’s Hospital New Orleans is to provide comprehensive care for the adolescent and adult with congenital heart disease regardless of age or illness severity. Our clinic offers a complete range of diagnostic and treatment services for patients with adult congenital heart disease, including minimally invasive procedures. Children's is one of only 44 programs nationwide to receive this accreditation and is the only hospital in Louisiana and the Gulf South to earn this distinction from the Adult Congenital Heart Association. Learn more..
Pediatric coronary artery disease
The Pediatric Coronary Artery Clinic of the Heart Center is one of only a few pediatric coronary programs in the country and the only program of its kind in the Southeast. The Clinic provides special expertise in the diagnosis and management of pediatric coronary artery disease. Specific conditions that we treat include Kawasaki Disease and congenital problems of the coronary arteries such as abnormal origins or courses of the arteries. The team consists of specialists in pediatric cardiology, preventive cardiology, pediatric cardiovascular surgery, and adult congenital heart disease. Visits consist of a comprehensive evaluation including a thorough history and physical examination, electrocardiogram, and echocardiogram. In many instances, the visit will also include imaging with a CT scan and stress testing. This information is reviewed by the team to arrive at a detailed and comprehensive management plan developed specifically for your child and family.
High Risk Home Monitoring Program
The Heart Center at Children’s Hospital New Orleans has a dedicated Home Monitoring Program for babies and infants with high-risk heart problems to decrease morbidity and mortality for these particularly vulnerable patients. The mission of the Children’s Hospital Heart Center Home Monitoring Program is to provide comprehensive care for all high-risk single ventricle patients between their first and second stages of surgical palliation as well as for those complex two ventricle patients requiring neonatal palliation prior to their definitive surgical repair. The interstage period for single ventricle patients is known to carry a higher mortality than any other timeframe during these patients’ lives, and careful monitoring has been shown to significantly decrease both their morbidity and mortality during this phase. Our goal is to decrease the number of re-admissions and interstage mortality, giving our single ventricle population the best quality of life. Learn more.
Neurodevelopment
Children with congenital heart disease are known to be at higher risk for neurodevelopmental impairment than the general population. These issues can affect multiple areas of development including intelligence, academic achievement, motor skills, language, psychosocial adjustment, attention, and executive functioning. The Heart Center at Children’s Hospital is dedicated to providing comprehensive care to all of our patients, including monitoring and treatment for any neurodevelopmental disabilities. We provide easy access to screening for all of our complex patients, with direct involvement of neurodevelopmental pediatricians. Children's Hospital New Orleans Cardiology is proud to be participating in LSUHSC's Louisiana Adolescent Focus implementing AHI’s evidence-based intervention, the Adolescent Champion Model. Louisiana Adolescent Focus utilizes the Champion Model to drive health centers to become adolescent-centered medical homes. The Champion Model is a multi-faceted intervention to address a health center’s environment, policies, and practices to ensure that all aspects of a visit to the health center is youth centered. Children's Hospital Cardiology has made incredible adolescent-centered changes to our clinic, including providing access to online scheduling and adolescent-oriented health education materials and establishing protocols to ensure that adolescents receive evidence-based care.

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