What is Cardiac Disease?
 Cardiac disease is actually a number of diseases and conditions of the heart, or affecting the heart, and the body's circulatory system. The diseases range from hypertension (elevation in blood pressure), arrhythmia's or irregular heart beats, chest discomfort (angina or heart attack) and cardiac arrest.
Each year cardiac (or heart) disease kills twice as many people as cancer and eight times as many people as car accidents or infections.
Cardiology Services at Baltimore Washington Medical Center
Greater than twenty percent of all Baltimore Washington Medical Center inpatients are hospitalized with cardiac-related problems. In order to provide the best possible diagnosis and treatment of these problems, our Cardiology Department is equipped with specialized cardiac facilities and advanced diagnostic equipment.
Featuring two Cardiac Catheterization Laboratories and a 12-bed Coronary Care Unit, Baltimore Washington Medical Center's Cardiology Department is dedicated to providing a wide range of services for patients with heart disease or disorders. Our services include:
- Cardiac catheterization
- Primary (Emergent) angioplasty for acute heart attacks as part of a statewide registry
- Implantation of pacemakers and internal defibullators
- Echocardiography – cardiovascular ultrasound for diagnosis
- Cardioversion – a procedure that converts abnormal heart rhythm to a more regular rhythm
- Electrophysiology – to diagnose and evaluate rhythm disorders to the heart
- Implantation of biventricular pacemakers for the treatment of congestive heart failure
Our patients also have access to a number of outpatient evaluative services, including tilt-table, cardiac stress testing, electrocardiography and 24 hour rhythm monitoring.
The department offers a 30-bed acute care unit as well as a Cardiopulmonary Rehabilitation Department, which promotes cardiovascular endurance and muscular strength as a means of improving heart health.
For additional information, call 410-787-4605.
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