Cardiology

Our Heart One program brings physicians, emergency responders and area hospitals together to ensure that patients suffering from acute myocardial infarctions — or heart attacks — receive care as quickly as possible.

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A national leader in heart care

The amount of time it takes for a heart attack patient to receive a stent once reaching St. 查尔斯 Bend — known as door-to-balloon time — is better than national averages.

In addition, St. 查尔斯 Bend has the lowest mortality rate for heart attack patients of all hospitals in the state of Oregon. The health system has received the following recognition from the American Heart Association:

Get with the Guidelines Heart Failure Gold 质量 Achievement
Mission Lifeline Receiving Gold Plus Award
Mission Lifeline NSTEMI Bronze Award

Our expert team of cardiologists provides the following services:

Interventional cardiology in a state-of-the-art cardiac catheterization lab
Pacemakers and defibrillators
Arrhythmia management
Electrocardiography
Cholesterol management
Stress testing
Hypertension treatment
Angioplasty (radial and traditional)
Echocardiography
Nuclear cardiac imaging
Coronary calcium screening
Cardiac risk assessment
Enhanced external counterpulsation
Interventional Radiology Procedures
Vascular Program

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Caring for women's unique heart-health needs

St. 查尔斯' first female cardiologist, Dr. Jillian Foley, arrived in Bend in October. A second female cardiologist will start in late March.
January 30, 2020
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A novel procedure to save a patient’s life

A team of surgeons at St. 查尔斯 Bend performed a novel surgery Feb. 10 that saved the life of a 79-year-old patient who couldn’t tolerate a more conventional—but invasive—open-heart approach.
February 21, 2019