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"As a travelling nurse, I've been to a lot of different hospitals. Swedish has the best Chest Pain Program I've ever seen."
- Dana Ball, RN for 17 years, 6 years as a travelling nurse
The Heart Center at Swedish in Denver, Colorado
What makes The Heart Center at Swedish the right choice for your cardiac care?
Whether you have unexplained chest pain, need cardiac testing or are experiencing a heart attack, The Heart Center at Swedish Medical Center offers comprehensive cardiac care that includes coordination between the EMS responders, the Emergency Department, and the experienced team of healthcare professionals to ensure you receive appropriate care for your condition.
Chest Pain Program
- Our progressive program of care can be completed in under six hours and does not require patients to be admitted beyond the ED. At other hospitals, this process typically takes 18-24 hours and involves an overnight stay.
- Chest Pain Nurse Practitioners at Swedish are on staff more hours per day than any other facility in the city
Cardiac Alert
- When EMS call a "Cardiac Alert" on the way to Swedish and patients are met on arrival by an ED physician.
- Two Cath Labs provide comprehensive emergent services
- Advanced Electrophysiology lab performs AICD insertions, atrial fibrillation ablations and other complicated ablations
- Swedish's median door-to-balloon times for Cardiac Alert patients are one of the best in the region
Cardiac Thoracic Surgery
- The Operating Room is available 24/7 for emergent heart and thoracic surgery
- The CCU staff provides a designated team of nurses for open-heart surgery patients
The Heart Center Staff
- Some of the most highly credentialed nurses in the state.
- Use a multi-disciplinary approach to working with our cardiovascular surgeons to provide excellent care for our CV surgical patients resulting in positive outcomes with shorter lengths of stay than the national average.
During this procedure, a catheter is threaded over a guide wire, inserted into an artery in your arm or leg, and fed up and into the heart. Your doctor watches the threading and placement of the catheter with a fluoroscope, which is a type of x-ray that takes pictures of moving organs.
Angiography is performed to detect blockages in your coronary arteries. During the procedure, your cardiologist may also open a blockage(s) using a balloon. A stent may also be placed to keep your artery open after the procedure.
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