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Cardiology Services
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Novant Medical Group Forsyth Region offer patients a wide variety of
specialized services with physicians who are highly skilled in the field of
cardiology. Learn about cardiology and the practices that offer this
service.
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On-site exercise treadmill testing 
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On-site nuclear cardiac testing
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Cardiac ultrasound (echocardiograms) with 2-D and Doppler imaging
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Stress echocardiograms
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Holter and arrhythmia event monitoring
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Pacemaker assessment and reprogramming
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Cardiac risk factor education/counseling
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Prothrombin time (PT) clinics
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Diagnostic and percutaneous treatment of peripheral artery disease (PAD)
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Diagnostic cardiac catheterization, peripheral angiogram, angioplasty and stents at Thomasville Medical Center (TMC)
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Diagnostic cardiac catheterization, angioplasty and stents at Forsyth Medical Center (FMC)
Diagnostic Services
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On-site exercise treadmill testing (ETT)
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Cardiac echocardiogram
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Transesophageal echocardiogram (TEE)
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Stress echocardiogram
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Electrocardiogram (EKG)
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Holter and arrhythmia event monitoring
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Pacemaker telephone assessments and reprogramming
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Implantable defibrillator check
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Lipid/cholesterol assessment
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Advanced congestive heart failure management
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Nuclear stress testing
Interventional Cardiology/Cardiac Catheterization
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Cardiac catheterization
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Balloon angioplasty/percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty (PTCA)
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Intravascular ultrasound (IVUS)
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Doppler flow wire
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Intracoronary stents
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Rotational artherectomy
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Alcohol septal ablation to treat hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy (HOCM)
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Directional coronary artherectomy (DCA), an alternative to balloon angioplasty and stents
Electrophysiology Services
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Electrophysiology services with potential curative treatment of arrythmias with radio frequency ablation
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Permanent pacemakers
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Automatic defibrillators/internal cardiac defibrillator (ICD)
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Electrophysiology testing
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Tilt table studies
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Syncope evaluations
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