Our cardiac services include a wide variety of treatment options. We provide the latest in heart care technologies with knowledgeable experts and a network of service locations to provide optimal cardiac services for you and your family.

Throughout the Mid-South, Methodist Healthcare physicians, nurses and staff provide excellent cardiac care through one of the largest cardiac programs in the country. And it's all close to home.

Methodist patients benefit from a full-range of services, including both in- and outpatient cardiac catheterizations, electrophysiology studies, minimally invasive heart surgery and open heart-surgery.

Other cardiac services offered by Methodist Healthcare include:

GE LightSpeed VCT 64-Slice Scanner
HeartSTAT is coupled with Methodist Healthcare's new GE LightSpeed VCT 64-Slice Scanner, the most advanced CT scan technology in the world. This new state-of-the-art imaging tool can scan the entire body in ten seconds and produce images of the heart and coronary arteries in less than five heartbeats. 

LightSpeed VCT Procedures include:

• Cardiac and coronary vessel analysis
•  Coronary artery calcification scoring
• Angiography studies

Radiologists can view such things as blockages in the coronary arteries, as well as the motion and pumping action of a patient's heart. Located at both Methodist North Hospital and Methodist South Hospital, the 64-Slice Scanner provides a level of technology previously unavailable in the Mid-South.

Arrhythmia Treatment Center
One of the top centers in the United States, the Arrhythmia Treatment Center includes use of the Automatic Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator (AICD). The center is led by Dr. James Porterfield, named one of the Best Doctors in America. Dr. Porterfield was also awarded the designation of Fellow of the Heart Rhythm Society. This is the highest category of membership and is based on research, published articles and contributions to the field of cardiology.