Mercy Heart Hospital South

Mercy South Heart Hospital

Mercy Heart Hospital in St. Louis, MO offers comprehensive leading-edge cardiology services – noninvasive testing, cardiac interventions, treatments, procedures and rehabilitation – and exceptional care to patients. Mercy Hospital South was one of the first hospitals certified by the state of Missouri as a Level One STEMI Center (ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction), the highest level of cardiac care available.  Additional certifications include:

• Joint Commission’s Gold Seal of Approval for Advanced Certification in Heart Failure
• American Heart Association’s Get with The Guidelines-Heart Failure Gold Plus Quality Achievement Award

Highest Heart Bypass Surgery Rating

The cardiothoracic surgical team at Mercy Hospital South has earned a three-star rating from the Society for Thoracic Surgeons (STS), which is the organization’s highest rating for quality patient care and outcomes. Less than 15% of hospitals in the United States and Canada earn this distinction.

The STS rating system is a sophisticated, highly regarded measure of quality in health care. The organization benchmarked outcomes for coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) procedures at Mercy South. Those benchmarks include length of stay, readmission rates, blood product usage, length of ventilator usages, medication administration, and post-operative complication rates.

Heart Hospital St. Louis MO

Features and amenities of Mercy South's Heart Hospital in St. Louis, MO include:

• 64 private inpatient rooms with a naturalistic design featuring gardens and soft surroundings that create a sense of calm. Each room is equipped with a pull-out couch for family members to spend the night.
• Operating rooms dedicated exclusively to heart and vascular care
• Comprehensive heart surgery program that includes traditional coronary artery bypass surgery, off-pump coronary bypass surgery, TAVR, and minimally invasive cardiovascular surgeries.
• Home to an electrophysiology lab that was the first in the Midwest to have a three-dimensional heart mapping system, which enables doctors to build a model of each patient’s heart prior to surgery.
• Treats arteries not only in the heart but also in the legs, with a catheter, balloon or stent, which allows most patients to return home the next day.
• Healing Garden – a place of peace and relaxation for patients and their families.