Quality care begins with innovative diagnostic testing to give physicians a look at the inner workings of the heart. Our specialists offer complete cardiac testing, including digital echocardiography, transesophageal echo and exercise echos, pacemaker and Holter electrocardiography, and nuclear imaging at Mission Regional Medical Center.

Mission Regional Medical Center also combines patient care with the most advanced technologies available in interventional cardiology. Our cardiac catheterization laboratories provide an excellent environment for our physicians to perform balloon angioplasty to clear blocked arteries, coronary and vascular stenting, intravascular ultrasound, EKG, and balloon valvuloplasty that uses balloon to fix heart valves. Whether care is delivered in the physician’s office, emergency center, cardiac catheterization lab, operating room, or rehabilitation room, Mission Regional Medical Center offers a continuum of care and services which enables the patient to move easily through each step in the diagnosis, treatment and recovery process.

Nationally recognized for their clinical excellence in pulmonary care, the Cardiac Pulmonary Care Unit provides compassionate and expert care for patients with life-threatening medical illnesses in medical intensive care and chronic pulmonary diseases on an inpatient and outpatient services. Cardio-Pulmonary treatments have evolved from a specialty found only in major cities to an integral part of healthcare. Mission Regional Medical Center provides a wide range of services for people with many types of breathing disorders, including:

• Cardiac Rehabilitation
• Respiratory Therapy
• Pulmonary rehabilitation program
• Oxygen therapy
• EEG's
• EDC's, Holters, cardiac event monitors
• Aerosol therapy
• Airway management
• Chest percussion and postural drainage
• Pulmonary function testing
• Arterial blood gas testing
• Alcohol and CO2 breath analysis