Four hospitals receive cardiology recognition
Four hospitals in Northern Colorado and the Boulder Valley have received platinum recognition in the American College of Cardiology’s NCDR Chest Pain MI Registry.
Recognized at the platinum level were Good Samaritan Medical Center in Lafayette, McKee Medical Center in Loveland, North Colorado Medical Center in Greeley and UCHealth Medical Center of the Rockies in Loveland.
The award recognizes the aggressive treatment of heart attack patients in ways that meet clinical guidelines and recommendations from the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association.
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The Center for Disease Control estimates that more than 700,000 Americans suffer a heart attack each year. A heart attack occurs when a blood clot in a coronary artery partially or completely blocks blood flow to the heart muscle.
Treatment guidelines include giving aspirin upon arrival and discharge, timely restoration of blood flow to the blocked artery, smoking cessation counseling and cardiac rehabilitation, among others.
Editor’s note: This article has been corrected to reflect that Good Samaritan Medical Center and McKee Medical Center received platinum recognition, not silver.
Four hospitals in Northern Colorado and the Boulder Valley have received platinum recognition in the American College of Cardiology’s NCDR Chest Pain MI Registry.
Recognized at the platinum level were Good Samaritan Medical Center in Lafayette, McKee Medical Center in Loveland, North Colorado Medical Center in Greeley and UCHealth Medical Center of the Rockies in Loveland.
The award recognizes the aggressive treatment of heart attack patients in ways that meet clinical guidelines and recommendations from the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association.
The Center for Disease Control estimates that more than 700,000 Americans suffer a heart attack each year. A heart attack occurs…
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