Know us, know your heart
A healthy heart means a long, healthy life. At St. Bernardine Medical Center, our heart services program offers a range of care, beginning with prevention, that strives to keep each patient's heart beating strongly.
Our heart care services also include diagnostic services, interventional procedures like angioplasty, stent placement and more. Electrophysiology procedures and pacemaker placement are also offered as are new technologies. Because heart care is a constantly evolving field, those who choose St. Bernardine Medical Center will have access to the most leading edge procedures available.
For those who require a surgical solution to their heart problem, such as open-heart surgery, you'll find the most advanced care being provided here. Our 37-bed state of the art critical care unit offers the patient and family a comfortable and secure environment for a quick recovery. Our 81-bed telemetry unit is bright and cheerful for those convalescing days after surgery. All procedures (including diagnostic testing, scanning and minimally invasive techniques) are performed by affiliated cardiologists, cardiovascular and cardiothoracic surgeons, and a highly skilled medical staff. The employees working in Cardiac Services are highly trained and offer our patients compassionate and caring service. These procedures take place in the hospital's renowned Inland Empire Heart & Vascular Institute.
The Inland Empire Heart & Vascular Institute
Since 1960, the Inland Empire Heart & Vascular Institute has been performing open-heart surgery and heart related procedures for the Inland Southern California area. It has helped to define the concept of special-care units by offering everything related to heart care in one convenient location. The Heart & Vascular Institute incorporates the most advanced equipment and technology available with highly trained and skilled medical professionals. The affiliated team of physicians who comprise the Institute remain focused on providing individualized and specialized care for each heart patient.
What makes the Heart & Vascular Institute so special?
The Inland Empire Heart & Vascular Institute is the second largest heart program in Southern California and the sixth largest in the state. Because of our expertise and quality outcomes, we're also a cardiac center of excellence for a number of major health plans. We perform an average of 650 open-heart surgeries every year, as well as other minimally invasive procedures (approximately 8,200 cath lab procedures per year) to keep your heart healthy.
Our quality care is delivered by an innovative team of over 100 highly skilled professionals who treat each individual with dignity and respect. All Institute interventional cardiologists are board certified physicians with years of experience and training at prestigious institutions across the country. What makes St. Bernardine Medical Center's Inland Empire Heart & Vascular Institute particularly unique, however, is its balance of leading edge technology, the most advanced techniques and compassionate care of body, mind and spirit.
Walk and Live Healthier
The American Heart Association's Inland Empire division and St. Bernardine Medical Center have teamed up to Start!
Start! is a program that aims to get Americans up and walking, especially at work. Why? Because sedentary lifestyles can lead to health problems like obesity and other preventable illnesses that can cost companies billions of dollars each year. And St. Bernardine Medical Center is proud to be a part of this program.
Start! changing your lifestyle. Start! walking. Start! getting healthier.
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