The cardiovascular program at Memorial Hermann Northeast offers access to a wide range of specialized services, clinical excellence and state-of-the-art technology.
Memorial Hermann Northeast is an Accredited Chest Pain Center as designated by the Society of Chest Pain Centers (SCPC). Accredited Chest Pain Centers undergo a rigorous evaluation process by the SCPC based on their ability to assess, diagnose, and treat patients quickly and effectively. Currently there are less than 400 accredited chest pain centers, only representing 10% of United States hospital.
Working in partnership with EMS, emergency physicians, cardiologists and critical care nurses, a Chest Pain Center’s goal is to shorten the time from a patient’s initial cardiac symptoms to treatment. Accredited Chest Pain Centers have been found to reduce the mortality rates of patients suffering from chest pain through a very specific protocol-driven and systematic approach which allows physicians to:
- Treat patients more quickly during the critical early stages of heart attack, when treatments are most effective.
- Better monitor patients when it’s not clear whether they are having a coronary event, which ensures that patients are not sent home too early or needlessly admitted.
Heart experts at Memorial Hermann Northeast can diagnose cardiac problems with a variety of invasive and non-invasive imaging and diagnostic techniques. Memorial Hermann Northeast also offers comprehensive interventional cardiology procedures such as balloon angioplasty and cardiac stenting, performed around the clock right here in northeast Houston. If a higher level of care is needed, working together with a team of dedicated cardiologists, Memorial Hermann Northeast and the Memorial Hermann Heart & Vascular Institute-Texas Medical Center provide comprehensive cardiac care. This collaboration means Northeast patients have seamless access to award-winning cardiovascular care at the Heart & Vascular Institute. Heart attack patients can be stabilized at Memorial Hermann Northeast and quickly transported via Memorial Hermann Life Flight® to Memorial Hermann-Texas Medical Center.