Cardiac Care
Mercy specializes in caring for heart attack patients, and our emergency, interventional cardiology, and intensive care services are available 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Offering advanced cardiac services is one more way we serve the region.
Skilled Providers and Staff
Our medical staff of board-certified and highly experienced cardiologists includes interventional cardiologists who can perform procedures that open blocked arteries, restoring the flow of oxygenated blood to the heart muscle. Intensivists, specialty care nurses, and other medical specialists provide personalized care to cardiac patients.
Hours: 7:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m., Monday through Friday.
Personnel are on call after regular hours and on weekends to accommodate emergencies and/or inpatients
Contact Information: Tel: (970) 382-1521
State-of-the-art Technology
The fully interventional cardiac catheterization lab at Mercy Regional Medical Center is complemented by a host of advanced diagnostic imaging tools including CT, MRI, ultrasound, nuclear testing, angiography, and more.
Service Overview
Diagnostics
- Angiography
- Cardiac ultrasound
- Computed tomography (64-slice CT)
- Electrocardiogram (EKG)
- IVUS (inter-vascular ultrasound)
- Laboratory testing (CRP, lipid profile, etc.)
- Nuclear testing
- Cardiac stress testing
Procedures
- Balloon angioplasty
- Defibrillator implantation
- Pacemaker implantation
- Stent placement (interventional cardiology)
Medical Care
- Emergency care (cardiac and trauma specialists)
- Intensive care
- Transitional care
- Dialysis
- Other specialized care
- On-site helipad for air ambulance transport
Restorative Care - Cardiac Rehabilitation
- AACVPR-certified program
- ACSM/AACVPR-certified staff
- Comprehensive heart health education series
- Inpatient (Phase I) to Life Fitness (Phase IV)
- State-of-the-art exercise equipment
- Supervised restorative exercise
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