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  Mercy Heart Center An Impressive List Of "Firsts" WORLD'S FIRST: Angioplasty in an emergency department NATION'S FIRST: Accredited Chest Pain Center Cardiac catheterization in a community hospital ER use of cardiopulmonary bypass to resuscitate victims of heart attack Transseptal valvuloplasty on a mitral valve with surgically implanted Carpentier ring OHIO'S FIRST: Drug-eluting stent angioplasty Minimally invasive coronary bypass performed Biventricular Internal Cardiac Defibrillator Implant Accredited Heart Failure Institute STARK'S FIRST: Chest Pain Center certified for angioplasty 24/7 Transseptal mitral valvuloplasty Intracoronary ultrasound Percutaneous aortic balloon valvuloplasty Unprotected left main coronary stent Radial stent coronary angioplasty Akron/Canton's first gamma brachytherapy Accredited Cardiac Rehab Program   Mercy Medical Center Cardiovascular Milestones: A History of Pioneering Excellence in Heart Care (click to view) Mercy Heart Center commits the very finest medical resources to caring for its heart patients. Doctors and healthcare teams are leaders in cardiovascular treatment, distinguished not only by their skill, experience and knowledge, but by their excellent track record in helping patients return to active and productive lives. Mercy has helped pioneer some of the nation’s most innovative heart procedures and was the first hospital in Northeast Ohio to perform Minimally Invasive Direct Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery, a “closed-chest” procedure, which postpones or eliminates the need for open-heart surgery. Mercy Heart Center medical staff performed this area’s first hybrid revascularization, which combines the da Vinci© robotic single-vessel small thoracotomy (SVST) procedure with angioplasty. Mercy Emergency Chest Pain Center (ECPC) became America’s first chest pain center to become fully accredited by the Society of Chest Pain Centers. The ECPC is home to a Cardiac Catheterization Lab within Mercy’s Emergency Department, where a Mercy cardiologist was the first in the world to perform an angioplasty inside an emergency department. Studies show that angioplasty, performed within 90 minutes of arrival to the emergency department, is the best way to save the life of a patient experiencing a heart attack. With the area’s only emergency department cath lab, Mercy has the capabilities to dramatically reduce the time between heart attack and lifesaving angioplasty. Try our Heart Attack Risk Calculator and, if you have any questions, please contact us at HeartCenter@CantonMercy.org.   Mercy Heart Center on the Air Tony Joseph, M.D., President, The Healthcare Accreditation Colloquium was featured on the Ron Ponder Show - News-Talk 1480 WHBC (February 2012) - Click Here to Listen     2011 - Mercy Heart Center reaccredited as a Heart Failure Institute by the Healthcare Accreditation Colloquium.

ED Cath Lab

Mercy Leads The Nation AGAIN With A State-Of-The-Art Cardiac Cath Lab In Our Emergency Department "Time is Muscle" That's what heart specialists say about heart muscle damage incurred with every passing second of a heart attack. Every moment lost means damage to the heart muscle, resulting in diminished chances for survival and lost quality of life. That is why Mercy has dramatically reduced the transition period from Emergency Department to Cardiac Catheterization Lab to mere seconds! When the unthinkable happens... think Mercy. HOW THE ED CATH LAB SAVES TIME: EMS crew relays vital information to Emergency Chest Pain Center en route toMercy. Emergency Chest Pain Center Team makes diagnosis and prepares for patient’s arrival. Patient is admitted directly to ED Cath Lab for procedure to begin. Reduced time results in increased survival rates, faster recovery and higher quality of life.