Cardiology

Cardiac Care in Your Community

We all know the heart is vital to overall health, but maintaining cardiac wellness can be challenging. Our fast-paced lives make eating healthy, exercising and reducing stress complicated. Yet, as a medical provider, you understand how important heart health is.

When heart problems require more than diet modifications, exercise plans and medication therapy, you can count on us for compassionate, innovative cardiac care. We use image-guided robotics and other innovative technology to assist our surgeons in performing precision cuts with minimal internal disruption.

Open heart surgery is one option for your patients who require cardiac surgical interventions. However, minimally invasive techniques have positive patient outcomes and are also available in your community.

Traditional and Robotic

Image-guided robotic technologies have paved the way for trained cardiac surgeons to perform procedures with smaller incisions and less internal disruption. Here are some reasons patients and providers are turning to minimally invasive techniques, like percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI):

• Reduced soft tissue injury
• Diminished postoperative pain scores
• Less need for narcotics
• Smaller scarring
• Improved patient satisfaction scores
• Accelerated recovery

With these technological advancements, procedures like PCIs and TAVRs are now available. However, these techniques are not always appropriate. Our trained surgeons know how to determine the proper approach to help your patients stay active.

Havasu Regional Medical Center performs more than 4,200 heart procedures per year including over 4200 heart catheterizations, 80 STEMI’s and 160 open heart surgeries. The Havasu Regional Heart Center brings a high level of expertise and offers the latest advancements in heart care including minimally invasive aortic valve replacement, state-of-the-art coronary intervention, and cryoablation for arrhythmias.

In addition, you can ensure your patients are receiving the highest level of care without differentiating equipment, including our three brand-new heart catheterization rooms, hybrid operating rooms and all new surgical equipment.

Key Services and Procedures Offered

Our hospital provides a complete spectrum of cardiac care to the Mohave County area. Our cardiologists, Interventional Radiologists and surgeons are well-trained and experienced in cardiology procedures.

Both diagnostic and interventional procedures including:

• Ultrasound / Echocardiogram
• Angiojet
• Nuclear Imaging
• Coronary stenting
• 64- Slice CT Scanner
• Drug Eluding stents
• Cardiac Catheterization
• Rotational Atherectomy
• Angioplasty
• Transesophageal Echocardiography
• AICD
• Carotid Stent
• Peripheral Stent
• Pacemaker
• Cardiomems
• Impella
• Watchman Procedure
• Barostim
• PFO closures
• IVUS
• FFR

Cardiovascular, Vascular and Thoracic Surgery

We offer a full-service line of cardiac, vascular and thoracic surgery procedures.

• Treatment of AAA and TAA utilizing minimally invasive stent graft
• Treatment of PAD using angioplasty, stents and bypass procedures.
• Dialysis access procedures (fistula, port, tunnel catheter)
• Thoracic and lung surgery, including esophageal cancer surgeries
• CABG, MVR, AVR, Thoracotomy including minimally invasive techniques
• Endovascular stent graft and repair
• Peripheral angioplasty and stent
• Femoral to popliteal bypass
• Carotid endarterectomy, stents, and subclavian bypass
• Pseudoaneurysm repair
• Lysis procedures to treat ischemic legs and acute pulmonary thrombo embolus

Your Cardiology Team

Our highly skilled, accredited and compassionate heart surgeons have training in various surgical techniques. Not only are they experienced in traditional surgical methods, but they also have expertise in minimally invasive procedures.

Utilizing robotic technology, our surgeons are equipped to perform minimally invasive procedures, typically resulting in improved patient outcomes and decreased internal trauma. Our medical staff will work closely with you and your patient to create the best treatment plan because we want to help your patient get back to living life fully.