Tarlac Medical Center

CARDIOLOGY


Is a medical and therapeutic field that deals with conditions of the heart and blood vessels. Physicians in this field are called cardiologists.

The Cardiovascular diagnostic, offers services focus on diagnostic procedures in the diagnosis and evaluation of patients with identified or suspected heart-related signs, symptoms, and disorders. 

It is functioned by highly knowledgeable Doctors, Technologists, Nurse, and experienced staff who perform an all-inclusive set of cardiac diagnostic procedures and techniques. All procedures and actions are supervised and managed by the Medical Practioner (Cardiologist) to guarantee accurate and precise results together with outstanding, safe quality patient epitome care in a safe hospital environment.

 

SERVICES OFFERED:

  • ELECTROCARDIOGRAM (ECG) - An electrocardiogram (ECG/EKG) is a simple examination that can be used to check your heart's rhythm and electrical activity of the heart over some time. A determining device attached to the skin is used to detect the electrical signals produced by your heart each time it beats. The instrument that makes the record is the ECG machine or Electrocardiograph.
  • 24 HOURS HOLTER MONITORING - Is a kind of ambulatory electrocardiography device, uses electrodes and a portable device, a battery-activated wearable monitor that constantly registers the electrical heart rhythm for at least 24 hours. The Physician (Cardiologist) can print and interpret an electrocardiogram strip utilizing the data on the recording device to perceive your heart's rhythm throughout the period you wore the monitor.
  • 24 HOURS AMBULATORY BLOOD PRESSURE (ABPM) - Is an indicative diagnostic test that allows for the identification of various kinds of high blood pressure (BP). It is measured for up to 24 hours. A small digital blood pressure monitor is attached to a belt around your waist and attached to a cuff around your upper arm.
  • STRESS TEST - Is a cardiological examination that measures the heart's ability to respond to external stress in a controlled clinical environment and shows how your heart works during physical activity. A stress test requires that a patient exercise on a treadmill while his or her heart rate, breathing, blood pressure, electrocardiogram (ECG), and feeling of well-being are monitored.

 

HEAD OF CARDIAC SECTION

Arleen F. Cenizal, MD, FPCP,FPCC

           CARDIOLOGIST