Why Choose our Heart Institute?
Access & Personalized Care
At CHI St. Vincent Heart Institute, you have access to the state’s largest and most diverse network of heart specialists. And we are close to home with services in Little Rock, North Little Rock, Hot Springs, Searcy, Conway and more than 25 community locations. Our team includes the state's largest cardiology group as well as heart surgeons in Little Rock. From aggressive diagnostic routines to the latest surgical procedures to heart health education, we offer comprehensive care close to home.
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Latest Treatments and Technology for Heart Disease
We use the latest treatments for all forms of heart disease -- from common problems to rare or life-threatening conditions. Whether you've been referred for diagnostic testing, cardiac treatment or disease management, your best interests are at the heart of every medical recommendation we make and care option we provide.
Our support team includes advanced practice providers, perfusionists, nurses, respiratory therapists, pharmacists, physical therapists, social workers, and dietitians. With this breadth of specialties we our patients get comprehensive care tailored their individual health concerns and wellbeing. Our group of more than 50 heart specialits bring the diversity necessary to treat each patient's specific condition.
ACE Accredited Cardiac Cath Labs
The cardiac cath labs at CHI St Vincent Infirmary and CHI St Vincent North are the first 2 ACE accredited cath labs in the state of Arkansas, with the cath lab at the Infirmary also holding chest pain accreditation. We see a multitude of procedures including
- Cardiac catheterization (cardiac cath or heart cath) is a procedure to examine how well your heart is working.
- Stenting - a procedure used to open clogged heart arteries
- CTO - minimally invasive technique used to treat patients with chronic total occlusion (CTO), or complete blockages, of the coronary arteries.
- EP studies and ablations - used to treat heart arrhythmia
We bring together the state’s largest group of cardiologists with cardiothoracic surgeons and critical care intensivists to provide comprehensive care to our patients.
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Awards
CHI St. Vincent Receives Silver Quality Achievement
HOT SPRINGS, Ark. (June 1, 2016) -- CHI St. Vincent Hot Springs has received the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association’s Get With The Guidelines®-Stroke Silver Quality Achievement Award, which recognizes the hospital’s commitment and success in ensuring stroke patients receive the most appropriate treatment according to nationally recognized, research-based guidelines.
To receive the Silver Quality Achievement award, hospitals must achieve 85 percent or higher adherence to all Get With The Guidelines-Stroke achievement indicators for one calendar year.
CHI St Vincent Hot Springs team members received the Bronze Quality Achievement Award last year.
“I am especially excited to accept this award on behalf of the staff members at CHI St. Vincent Hot Springs,” said Anthony Houston, FACHE, president of the hospital. “The quality measures implemented by our staff members are saving patients’ lives.”
These Get with the Guidelines quality measures are designed to help hospital teams provide the most up-to-date, evidence-based care to speed recovery and reducing death and disability for stroke patients.
The measures focus on appropriate use of medications such as clot-busting and anti-clotting drugs, blood thinners and cholesterol-reducing drugs, preventive action for deep vein thrombosis and smoking cessation counseling.