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At Adventist Medical Center's Northwest Regional Heart Center, our team of board certified cardiologists, skilled nurses and experienced staff provide our exceptional care. We have the latest technology and procedures to identify and treat heart disease, including two cardiac catheterization labs that provides top notch diagnostic capabilities 24-hours a day. We provide non-invasive procedures which can assess the heart’s condition without the need for surgical procedures. These tests and procedures use special instruments that allow for smaller incisions, quicker recovery, and fewer side effects, all resulting in a better patient experience.
View other Adventist Health videos. According to the American College of Cardiology, nearly 400,000 patients are admitted to US hospitals with a potentially life threatening heart attack caused by the total blockage of a coronary artery, known as ST elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI). This blockage causes lack of oxygen to the heart muscle, which causes the heart muscle to suffer irreversible damage. Survival depends on several factors, the most important of which is restoring blood flow to the aching heart as quickly as possible. This is achieved by mechanically opening the coronary artery with a balloon catheter or by the dissolution of the occluding clot with medications known as clot busters (thrombolytics). There is well-documented evidence that mechanically opening the blocked artery within 90 minutes of myocardial infarction can limit infarction size or even stop infarction 95-99% of the time.
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