Cardiovascular disease is a silent killer. Forty-one percent of deaths in the United States each year are attributable to the complications of cardiovascular disease. These include strokes, ruptured aneurysms and heart attacks. At Keck Hospital of USC, we have long led the field in the study, prevention and treatment of cardiovascular disease.

The Cardiovascular Department at Keck Hospital of USC includes a large walk-in practice and several invasive and non-invasive procedure laboratories, including:

• Cardiac catheterization
• Echocardiography
• Electrocardiography and arrhythmia
• Exercise testing/nuclear cardiology
• Cardiac MRI
• Cardiovascular Health and Lipid Center

Keck Hospital of USC Cardiology Services include:

• Pacemakers — Implant studies, ablation
• Electrophysiology
• Maternal cardiology
• Heart failure treatment
• Valvular cardiology
• Interventional cardiology — Angioplasty, laserplasty, atherectomy, stents, balloon valvuloplasty Cardiac catheterization
• Noninvasive testing — Echocardiography, stress testing
• Nuclear cardiology — Exercise stress testing, pharmacological stress testing, 3T MRI
• Positron Emission Tomography (PET) available in the Healthcare Consultation Center

Keck School of Medicine, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine

USC Internal Medicine, Cardiology