Cooper Clinic now using 4D Cardiac Echo

Cooper Clinic, P.A., a 90-year-old physician-owned group based in Fort Smith, has installed the ACUSON SC2000. Developed by Siemens Healthcare, this is the first diagnostic instantaneous full-volume imaging system for cardiologic testing.

Using this 4D Cardiac Echo technology, the entire volume of blood flow through the heart can be analyzed in just one complete cardiac cycle. According to Siemens Healthcare, Arkansas Children’s Hospital, Little Rock, is the only other facility in the state utilizing 4D instantaneous full-volume imaging.

Dr. Timothy Waack, a board-certified cardiologist with Cooper Clinic, said the new device “displays a genuine representation of the patient’s beating heart.”

Continuing, he said: “With amazing precision, we can assess how well the heart muscle pumps, whether the valves of the heart are functioning properly, and if blood flow though the heart is occurring normally. The 4D Echo is a powerful tool for diagnosing heart disease, particularly as it relates to problems with heart valves.  It represents a new dimension in Cardiology.”

With 100 providers, Cooper Clinic has a long tradition as healthcare leaders in the field of Radiologic Technology. The clinic installed the Fort Smith area’s first and only 4D Cardiac Echo, Lower Radiation CT, Bilateral Breast MRI, the first Cardiac CT, and permanently installed PET/CT.