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Cardiac Care Center Procedures
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Cardiac Procedures
The following is a list of some of the more common cardiac procedures that your physician may prescribe to have done for you. Click on the procedure to be taken to more information.

Diagnostic Procedures:
  • Cardiac catheterization including :
    • Intravascular Ultrasound Echocardiogram
    • Transesophageal Echocardiogram (TEE)
    • Stress Echocardiogram Electrocardiogram (EKG)
  • Holter Monitor
  • Event Monitor
  • Exercise Stress Test
  • Nuclear Cardiac Imaging
  • Electrophysiology Studies

Treatment Procedures:
  • Angioplasty
  • Stents
  • Heart Bypass Surgery
  • Heart Valve Surgery
  • Peripheral vascular procedures
  • Pacemaker insertions, including Biventricular Pacemaker
  • Ablation therapy for Atrial Fibrillation and other arrhythmias
  • Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillator
  • Patent Foramen Ovale (PFO) Closure
  • MAZE Procedure for patients with Atrial Fibrillation


Stories from the Heart

Ray Fryar
MIDLAND, MI
Feeling Safe and Renewed
Ray was getting ready for work on a Friday morning when he keeled over with unbearable stomach pain. "It never occurred to me that I was having a heart attack," he remembers. "But I knew I was in bad shape." Ray's heart condition was serious and couldn't be adequately handled in Midland. Once he arrived at St. Mary's of Michigan, the heroes at heart took immediate action that ultimately saved his life.

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