Our Cardiac Imaging Services:
Our expert team of adult and pediatric
cardiologists and radiologists offer a wide range of quality service to
our Suffolk County communities and beyond.
Our Cardiac Computed Tomography Angiography (CCTA) service offers state
of the art technology, applying two 320 row detector row and two 64
slice scanners to diagnose and evaluate coronary artery disease, both on
a routine and emergent basis. With volume approaching 3,000 CCTAs, per
year, the program, under the leadership of Dr. Michael Poon, MD, FACC,
FSCCT, offers expert rapid, comprehensive, noninvasive assessment of
chest pain to patients arriving in our Emergency Department. .
Our CCTA program also allows for increased understanding of patients’
condition when preparing for performance of complex cardiac surgeries,
such as Transcutaneous Aortic Valve Implantation (TAVI), Atrial
Fibrillation Radiofrequency Ablation, Transcatheter Endovascular Aortic
Repair, and Lariat Procedures. The excellent views of the
cardiovascular system through this noninvasive technology increase the
ease with which our cardiovascular surgeons can optimize treatments for
these serious, life threatening conditions.
Recently, our center has introduced the provision of tele-medicine
services, increasing access to this vital, life enhancing procedure
through the provision of medical expertise to smaller community centers.
In our initial implementation with Mather Memorial Hospital, we have
successfully provided more than 500 scans to emergency department
patients. We are currently discussing how sharing of cardiovascular
medical and clinical expertise can expand access even further into our
communities.
In addition to CCTA, our program offers adult and pediatric Cardiac
Magnetic Resonance Imaging (CMRI). We operate two new Siemens scanners
(both 1.5 and 3T), as a well as a Philips 1T Open scanner, and we have
recently introduced the use of a Siemens PET- MRI. Our current CMRI
research focuses on the evaluation of ischemic heart disease, pulmonary
hypertension, and the role of stem cell injection post myocardial
infarction.
