Heart Care

Heart care at St. John’s Hospital begins with a focus on healthy living strategies and specialized programs, and extends to the most advanced technologies and treatments. Our cardiologists and cardiovascular surgeons work together as a team to identify the best possible treatment for every patient.

• St. John’s has one of the nation’s lowest readmission rates for heart attack and heart failure.
• The region’s first use of hypothermia to treat cardiac arrest patients.
• Minimally invasive options for bypass and valve surgery.
• Vascular center that identifies risk factors for vascular disease.
• Electrophysiology program to treat heart rhythm abnormalities.
• Heart Failure Clinic staffed by a heart failure specialist.
• Our Women’s Heart Center,in St. John’s Hammons Heart Institute, focuses on helping women prevent heart attacks with heart risk assessments, nutritional and exercise consultations and cooking and “Stress-Less” classes.

Resources

• Find a cardiologist in Springfield
• Are you at risk for a heart attack?
• Heart health topics
• Cardiac Rehabilitation
• Pulmonary Rehabilitation