Emergency Care
Heart 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
