Abilene Regional Medical Center Recognized as First Accredited Chest Pain Center in the Big Country
As an accredited Chest Pain Center, Abilene Regional Medical Center is dedicated to ensuring that patients who come to the hospital complaining of chest pain or discomfort are given the immediate treatment necessary to avoid as much damage to the heart as possible. Protocol-based procedures, developed by leading experts in cardiac care to reduce time to treatment in the critical early stages of a heart attack, are part of ARMC’s commitment to excellence in cardiac care. Read more.
The Chest Pain Center at Abilene Regional Medical Center is located in the Emergency Department. The Chest Pain Center focuses on the rapid identification and diagnosis of heart attacks. Rapid response can mean the difference between permanent heart muscle damage and complete recovery. Our skilled cardiac care team is on duty 24 hours a day, seven days week.
ARMC has been caring for hearts for more than 40 years and in many cases has been the first in the region to provide the latest cardiac procedures.
ARMC has been caring for hearts for more than 40 years and in many cases has been the first in the region to provide the latest cardiac procedures.
40 years of cardiac firsts
- first abdominal aortic stent
- first accredited chest pain center
- first cardiac rehabilitation (ARMC also helped develop cardiac rehabilitation within the 17-county area)
- first carotid artery stent
- first carotid artery surgery
- first coronary care unit
- first coronary stent
- first invasive cardiac catheterization
- first open-heart surgery
For more information on the Chest Pain Center at ARMC, call 325-428-4636.
For more information on the Society of Chest Pain Centers visit www.scpcp.org.