Inpatient Hospital Services

The Heart Group's physicians perform a wide array of cardiac interventions and studies, specializing in advanced catheterization and electrophysiology procedures and providing inpatient hospital care and consultation. We are fortunate to team with the outstanding staff at Lancaster General Hospital (LGH), which features state-of-the-art equipment and was named one of America's 100 top hospitals for cardiovascular care.*

The Heart Group's physicians serve in a variety of leadership roles at LGH. Dr. Paul N. Casale is medical director of cardiology; Dr. Roy S. Small is medical director of congestive heart failure; Dr. Douglas C. Gohn is medical director of electrophysiology; and Dr. Neil R. Clark is medical director of non-invasive studies.

Catheterization Procedures

• Diagnostic cardiac catheterization
• Percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty (PTCA)
• Coronary stents
• Peripheral vascular angiography
• Peripheral angioplasty, atherectomy and stents
• Coronary atherectomy (rotational and extraction)
• Pulmonary arteriography
• Balloon valvuloplasty for mitral, aortic and pulmonic stenosis
• Pericardial procedures
• Insertion of invasive monitoring catheters including arterial lines, CVPs,
  and Swan-Ganz catheters

Electrophysiology Procedures

• Electrophysiology studies
• Radiofrequency ablation (RF ablation)
• Defibrillator implants
• Pacemaker implants

Other

• Nuclear non-invasive studies
• Non-invasive cardiac studies
  • Cardiac MRI
  • Cardiac CTA
  • Tilt table tests
  • Echocardiograms
  • Transesophogeal echocardiograms
  • Holter monitors
  • Electrocardiograms