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 Hot Springs Among 50 Top Cardiovascular Hospitals™ Nationwide In Fortune and PINC AI™ List
Cardiovascular care at CHI St. Vincent Hot Springs earned the hospital a spot on Fortune and PINC AI’s 2023 list of 50 Top Cardiovascular HospitalsTM nationwide and among the top 10 community hospitals in the country. The list recognizes CHI St. Vincent Hot Springs’ significantly higher survival rates associated with cardiac care, including fewer readmissions and complications.
“Even as we work with our communities to help address the root causes of heart disease in Arkansas, which experiences some of the highest rates nationally, our healing ministry constantly strives to improve the care our patients can expect when they need it,” said CHI St. Vincent Hot Springs President Douglas Ross. “This independent, data-based assessment shows that when our patients come to us from across Southwest Arkansas for cardiovascular care, they will receive some of the best care in the country.”
CHI St. Vincent Hot Springs was identified through independent quality analysis provided by PINC AI™ and reported by Fortune. To select top performers, objective, quantitative research was performed using publicly available data measuring cardiac care in the United States. As part of the CHI St. Vincent Heart Institute, the cardiologists and heart surgeons at CHI St. Vincent Hot Springs are leading the way in heart care and advancing resources for patients in Southwest Arkansas with aggressive diagnostic routines, the latest surgical procedures and heart health education.
CHI St. Vincent Hot Springs was also recently recognized with a national Women’s Choice Award for Heart Care, earned Primary Heart Attack Center, Advanced Primary Stroke Center and Total Hip and Knee Replacement Certifications from The Joint Commission (making it the only hospital in Arkansas to be recognized in all three areas of care in 2022) and was highlighted in the 2022 Fortune/Merative 100 Top Hospitals List.
“Heart disease remains the leading cause of death for all Americans, resulting in nearly 700,000 deaths and $229 billion in added costs each year,” said Leigh Anderson, Premier’s President of Performance Services and the leader of PINC AI™. “Given the life and death nature of this condition, patients and their loved ones need credible information to help them determine where to go for the best possible care. This objective, data-driven study proves that CHI St. Vincent Hot Springs excels across a range of core performance indicators, which directly leads to significantly higher survival rates associated with cardiac care, with fewer readmissions and complications.”
This year, the 50 Top Cardiovascular Hospitals™ program honorees delivered better outcomes while operating more efficiently and at a lower cost. Compared to a peer group of other cardiovascular hospitals, the hospitals included on this year’s list stood apart due to significantly higher inpatient survival rates (19.0 to 40.6 percent higher), fewer patients with complications (13.2 to 15.4 percent fewer complications), $860 to $5,076 less in total costs per patient case and higher 30-day survival rates for acute myocardial infarction (AMI), heart failure (HF) and coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) patients.