Cardiopulmonary Services

UPMC Kane has partnered with UPMC Hamot to bring our community high-quality heart care close to home. While care should be delivered locally whenever possible, our connection with UPMC Hamot provides improved access and a seamless transition to advanced services when a higher level of care is necessary.

UPMC Heart and Vascular Institute at UPMC Hamot delivers nationally recognized cardiovascular care throughout northwestern Pennsylvania and western New York, including the region’s most comprehensive valve surgery program, and the latest minimally invasive techniques.

Services

The Cardiopulmonary Department at UPMC Kane offers:

• Exercise and pharmacological stress testing
• Nuclear and echocardiography stress testing
• EKGs
• Echocardiograms
• 24 hour Holter monitors
• 30 day event monitors
• Cardiac clinics with UPMC Hamot cardiologists
• Cardiac and pulmonary telemedicine with UPMC Hamot physicians
• Arterial blood gas (ABG) testing
• Pulmonary function testing (PFT)
• All forms of respiratory care services
• Oxygen desaturation studies
• Heart failure care

Our Team

Our cardiopulmonary team includes:

• Registered nurses certified in advanced cardiac life support
• Board-certified echocardiogram technologist with advanced cardiac life support certification
• Board-certified respiratory therapists with basic cardiac life support certification