Piedmont Heart Institute, Atlanta, Ga Heart Doctors

A Predictive and Preventive Service of the Piedmont Heart Institute

Sudden cardiac death. It’s a scary thing. Many people may be at risk for a deadly heart attack and not even know it -- even though they may have passed a standard stress test, exercise regularly or take cholesterol-lowering medicines. Now, a service of the Piedmont Heart Institute can identify your risk of sudden cardiac death and determine whether you should be receiving moderate or aggressive treatment.

Welcome to Piedmont Heart Health Advantage – the best place for heart disease risk evaluation. The Piedmont Heart Health Advantage offers special care for families, adults with early onset heart disease, tertiary care for complex lipid abnormalities and secondary prevention referrals.

iCARE

iCARE (individualized Comprehensive Atherosclerosis Risk Evaluation) is a novel, heart disease prevention program that goes beyond standard screening techniques to identify dangerous plaques in the arteries. Piedmont’s exceptionally trained physicians utilize family history, extensive blood testing and advanced imaging to determine your individual risk for heart disease. Following a thorough evaluation, you will receive a customized treatment plan that best suits your needs.

Family Heart Disease Program

The Piedmont Advantage also offers the Family Heart Disease Program, a research study currently under way. Under the program, two-first degree relatives of a family member with known heart disease can be evaluated for the study. The program educates family members about the risks of heart disease, as well as prevention. It includes a complete family history, genetic counseling, extensive blood testing, and calcium CT scoring.

The Family Heart Disease Program, funded by a grant from an anonymous Piedmont Hospital donor, is limited to 50 families and 150 people.

The Piedmont Advantage proudly offers:

• Advanced cholesterol screening
• Genetic and metabolic testing
• Urine Analysis
• Advanced imaging
• Chest X-ray
• Calcium CT scoring – non-invasive procedure to evaluate calcium levels in the arteries.
• CT angiography – CT imaging with contrast dye, for those patients who would benefit from contrast imaging.
• MRI – requires no radiation; can be used for people with no heart disease symptoms.
• Ultrasound

Forging new frontiers in heart care, Piedmont now offers the world’s most advanced imaging technology with Toshiba’s Aquilion One, the unprecedented Dynamic Volume CT Scanner that saves time and cost. In one second, doctors can see a three-dimensional image of your heart. With only one exam and now, the lowest radiation exposure, this technology allows cardiologists to quickly diagnose heart conditions, and save more lives.

The results are unparalleled in diagnostic imaging today, showing enough anatomical coverage to capture the entire heart as well as movement and blood flow.