St. Jude Heart Institute is the area’s premier heart center. Our board certified specialists perform more bypass surgeries, angioplasties and cardiac catheterizations than any other heart team in the area and our outcomes are among the county’s best.

The Heart Institute’s services include an entire spectrum of state-of-the art diagnostic technologies, including three full-service Cardiac Catheterization Labs. This cutting-edge equipment offers the newest diagnostic and treatment options, including brachytherapy and electrophysiology studies.

We also offer one of the only hospital-based programs designed to help stabilize and reverse the damage of heart failure. Our innovative and highly effective Cardiac Wellness Program offers one-on-one education, telephone monitoring and medical management to patients overcoming heart failure. Just how successful is the Cardiac Wellness Program? Consider this: despite a national average of 2.6 hospital readmissions per year per heart failure patient, our patients average readmission rate is nearly zero.

Patients experiencing heart attack symptoms are seen without delay in our Chest Pain Program. The program features the latest noninvasive cardiac monitoring as well as the area’s most respected cardiologists. In fact, the Chest Pain Program’s arrival-to-drug time for heart attack patients – a common measure of quality – is significantly less than the community average, an accomplishment measured in saved lives.

St. Jude’s complete spectrum of heart services also includes a Cardiac Rehabilitation Program which offers education, regularly monitored exercise and risk identification for patients who have experienced a heart attack. A highly-trained medical staff offers individual attention and helps transition patients back to a full and rewarding lifestyle.