Cardiology
Cardiology is the medical treatment of diseases of the heart and parts of the circulatory system. Cardiologists are the doctors who specialize in diagnosing and treating these conditions.
Cardiac and vascular care services in Draper, Utah
The cardiology team at Lone Peak Hospital is dedicated to caring for patients who are dealing with heart problems.
Our highly trained cardiologists hold expertise in treating a wide variety of cardiovascular conditions. This includes everything from congestive heart failure to varicose veins. Whatever your heart and vascular needs are, we can help.
Expert advice, available 24/7
Free medical information is just a phone call away. Our nurses help you understand your symptoms, treatment options and procedures. They will also help you find a provider or specialist and schedule an appointment.
Free medical information is just a phone call away. Our nurses help you understand your symptoms, treatment options and procedures. They will also help you find a provider or specialist and schedule an appointment.
Related specialties
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Cardiovascular conditions we treat
We provide expert cardiac care for many heart disorders, conditions and diseases, including:
- Arrhythmia (heart irregularities)
- Heart attack
- Heart failure
- Heart valve disorders
- High blood pressure
- Peripheral vascular disease
- Vascular disorders and conditions, including varicose veins
Heart services we offer
We offer diagnostic and treatment options for heart conditions and are often able to perform certain treatments during our diagnostics, such as those involving heart catheterization. Some of the services and treatments we offer include:
- Ambulatory monitoring
- Angioplasty
- Atherosclerosis atherectomy
- Atherosclerosis endarterectomy
- Biventricular pacemaker and implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD) device therapy
- Cardiac catheterization
- Cardiac closure devices
- Cardioverter defibrillator
- Cardiac magnetic resonance imaging
- Cardioversions
- Carotid stenting
- Catheter ablation
- Convergent ablation
- Coronary calcium scan
- Coumadin clinic
- Dobutamine echocardiogram
- Echocardiogram with and without contrast
- Electrophysiology studies
- Exercise stress test
- Hybrid ablation
- Intravascular ultrasound
- Left atrial appendage closure
- Lead extraction
- Lipid (cholesterol) management
- Mitral valve implantation devices
- Non-invasive testing for vascular disease
- Nuclear stress test
- Pacemaker implants
- Pericardiocentesis
- Pharmacological nuclear stress test
- Research studies
- Stress echocardiogram
- Transesophageal echocardiogram
- Transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR)
Heart attack
The most effective and potentially lifesaving time to treat heart attacks is during the critical early stages. That's why our cardiac care teams aim to significantly shorten the time it takes to accurately diagnose and treat every patient with chest pain or other heart attack symptoms.
Heart attack risk factors
You can be proactive and identify any risk factors you have for having a heart attack, including age, family history and ethnicity. Identifying controllable risk factors is key to maintaining a healthy heart and avoiding heart attack.
Controllable risk factors include:
- Diabetes
- High blood pressure
- High cholesterol
- Obesity
- Physical inactivity
- Smoking
Early symptoms ("beginnings") of a heart attack
Many people may experience mild symptoms as early as two weeks before experiencing major symptoms of a heart attack. These early signs include:
- Aching, burning, pressure, squeezing, tightness or discomfort in the chest
- Anxiety
- Back pain
- Fatigue
- Feelings of fullness
- Jaw pain
- Nausea
- Pain that travels down one of both arms
- Shortness of breath
General symptoms of a heart attack
More common and major signs of a heart attack include:
- Chest pain, often lasting several minutes, that can radiate to arms, jaw or back
- Chest pressure and achiness
- Fatigue (more common in women)
- Light-headed or dizziness (more common in women)
- Possible radiating of pain to arms or jaw and occasionally a sore throat
- Shortness of breath
- Sweating
- Weakness (more common in women)
Hands-only CPR
If a teen or adult suddenly collapses and is not breathing, you could save them by knowing this heart-smart version of a popular tune.
- Call 911.
- Push hard and fast in the center of the chest to the beat of "Stayin' Alive" — the perfect rhythm for hands-only CPR.
Continue compressions until help arrives. To avoid tiring quickly, lock your elbows and keep your arms straight and your shoulders down in a relaxed position (not up by your ears). Use your body weight, not your arms, to push. If another person is there, you can take turns if you need a rest.
Here are some great videos from the American Heart Association to help you learn hands-only CPR: