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Cardiac Care Center St. Mary's of Michigan
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Cardiac Care Center
  • Leading the way...
  • Embracing the most complicated...
  • Keeping our heart engaged while restoring yours to optimal health...

It's what you expect from cardiovascular experts. At the St. Mary's of Michigan Cardiac Care Center, we deliver unmatched experience and expertise. Whether you suffer from chest pain, angina or heart attack, heart failure, valve disorders, heart rhythm disorders, or congenital heart defect.

St. Mary's of Michigan offers comprehensive cardiovascular programs aimed at prevention, diagnosis, treatment, and rehabilitation.

By putting patient needs first, St. Mary's of Michigan has accomplished a long list of "firsts" in the region for cardiac care :

  • First cardiac catheterization lab
  • First coronary angioplasty
  • First open heart surgery including off-pump bypass surgery
  • First to use drug-eluting stents
  • First laser lead extraction

Whether you or a loved one needs cardiac care, you can count on St. Mary's of Michigan for the healing edge.

St. Mary's of Michigan: Preferred Provider for Cardiac Care
St. Mary's of Michigan is the preferred provider for the following reasons:
  • One of the finest and most complete cardiac facilities in the area - including 4 Cardiac Catheterization Labs, 2 Electrophysiology Labs, comprehensive non-invasive diagnostic cardiology department and expanded operating room suites dedicated to cardiac surgery
  • Dedicated medical and surgical cardiac intensive and progressive care units including a heart failure unit.
  • Dedicated 22-bed outpatient cardiac care unit
  • Dedicated, board-certified cardiovascular surgeons and cardiologists.
  • State-of-the-art imaging technology
  • Proven track record of handling higher risk, complex surgical procedures
  • Coordination of the consultation, diagnosis and treatment of heart patients with referral hospitals throughout the state
  • Participation in research and clinical trials in collaboration with regional cardiologists
  • FlightCare for the emergency transport of cardiac patients (click here for FlightCare information)
  • Specially trained nurses and technicians
  • Family-centered care including flexible visitation for critical care patients
  • Area's first and only active cardiac surgery support group
  • Prevention programs
  • Spiritual care
  • Follow-up cardiac care


Stories from the Heart

Gene Gwizdala
BAY CITY, MI
Excellent Heart Care - Right in the Heart of Michigan
Gene had a problem with his heart, and, even though it took 12 hours to drive to Rochester, he wanted the best care. "I was getting dizzy spells and my heart was fluttering," he says. But his trips to Rochester stopped in 2003. Gene developed an arrhythmia - abnormal heart rhythms that can cause the heart to pump less effectively. A local doctor referred Gene to St. Mary's of Michigan...

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