Heart & Vascular

STEMI – which stands for ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction – is a heart attack in which a blocked coronary artery prevents blood from getting to the heart muscle. A STEMI heart attack typically requires angioplasty for treatment, a procedure calling for insertion of a balloon in a blocked coronary artery followed by placement of a stent to keep the artery open and restore blood flow to the heart muscle.

Citizens Memorial Hospital is a 2021 recipient of the American College of Cardiology’s NCDR Chest Pain - MI (Myocardial Infarction) Registry Platinum Achievement Award and is identified as a 4/4 Star Urgent Heart Attack Care Center within the ACC’s Find Your Heart a Home patient navigator tool and listed in the 2021 “Best Hospitals” edition of US News & World Report. The award recognizes CMH’s commitment and success in implementing a higher standard of care for heart attack patients and signifies that CMH has reached an aggressive goal of treating these patients to standard levels of care as outlined by the American College of Cardiology (ACC)/American Heart Association clinical guidelines and recommendations.

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