Getting to know us……

Heart Center of Yuma is a state-of-the-art technologically advanced cath lab in a compassionate caring environment that does interventional and non interventional procedures on the heart and vascular system. 

 Listed below are some of the services that we provide

Implantable devices. At the Heart Center of Yuma, patients with severe arrhythmias are referred to our Pacemaker and Defibrillator Implant specialist. Our experienced physicians use state-of-the-art technology to implant control devices in order to fully restore the heart's regular rhythm. These devices have been shown to be valuable tools for the treatment of congestive heart failure and life-threatening ventricular arrhythmias, two major causes of sudden cardiac death. 

Balloon angioplasty for coronary arteries and peripheral arteries that supply the kidneys, legs, brain, and arms. 

Our expert interventional cardiologists offer the latest technology in this minimally invasive treatment for the re-opening of arteries that have been occluded by atherosclerosis. 

Angioplasty is used to re-open coronary arteries that have become narrowed by atherosclerotic plaques. This procedure is used to treat blocked coronary arteries as well as arteries in other parts of the body. Angioplasty requires only local anaesthesia and perhaps mild sedation (relaxing medications). Patients typically spend the night in the hospital and are able to return to normal activity in a day or two.

During balloon angioplasty, a thin tube (catheter) is inserted into an artery in the groin. A tiny balloon is then passed through the catheter and is guided to the narrowed area('s), where the balloon is expanded to stretch open the artery. 

In many cases, angioplasty is followed by the insertion of a stent — a metallic tubular mesh that acts as a scaffold, holding the artery open. At Heart Center of Yuma, we offer the latest stenting technology, including drug-coated stents that help to prevent the blockage from re-forming at a later time.  

Stenting. The coronary stent is a mesh tube (usually stainless steel and cloth) that is placed inside a vessel after angioplasty to support the walls of the artery, ensuring improved blood flow. We offer the most advanced stenting technology — including drug-coated stents — to help prevent re-stenosis of treated coronary, carotid, renal and other peripheral vessels. 

Treatment of Peripheral Arterial Disease 

Balloon angioplasty for peripheral arteries that supply the kidneys, legs, brain, and arms. Our expert interventional cardiologists offer the latest technology in this minimally invasive treatment for the re-opening of arteries that have been occluded by atherosclerosis. 

Plaque build-up in the arteries, called atherosclerosis, occurs throughout the body. When atherosclerosis occurs in arteries outside the heart, the patient has peripheral arterial disease, which can affect any artery from head to toe. When the blockage is in the arteries supplying blood to the brain (carotid arteries), the patient is at risk for stroke. When it involves the arteries to the arms (subclavian arteries), movement or use of the arm can cause pain in the arm or even angina in individuals who have previous bypass surgery. Atherosclerosis in the renal arteries that supply the kidneys can cause renal dysfunction or severe high blood pressure. Plaque can also accumulate in the arteries to the legs, causing pain at rest or with walking. 

Dr. Joseph Cardenas, an interventional cardiologists at Heart Center of Yuma, is one of the physicians that has extensive expertise in the successfully treatment of blockages in peripheral arteries. Dr. Cardenas use the same proven, minimally invasive methods used to clear blockages in the coronary arteries, namely angioplasty and stenting, to treat peripheral arterial disease without surgery and with excellent results.