MeritCare Heart Center

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Annual Statistics (2006)

  • Total Patient Visits (Cardiology): 12,684
  • Total New Patients (Cardiology): 3,404
  • Admissions: 2,411
  • Average Length of Stay – Acute and Post-acute Patients: 3.7 Days

Total Beds

  • Cardiac Intensive Care Unit: 19 Beds
  • Cardiac Progressive Care Unit: 40 Beds

Heart Center Procedures

  • Diagnostic Catheterizations: 2,441
  • Interventional Cardiac Procedures: 960
  • Echocardiograms (patients): 8,566
  • Echocardiograms (procedures): 29,286
  • Electrophysiology Diagnostic Studies: 80
  • Electrophysiology Ablations: 70
  • Permanent Pacemaker Insertion: 215
  • Implantable Cardiac Defibrillators (ICDs): 151
  • Biventricular ICD: 59
  • Stress Tests: 4,126
  • Electrocardiograms (ECGs): 44,384
  • Noninvasive Vascular Procedures: 5,711
  • Cardiac Surgical Procedures: 534
  • Cardiac Rehabilitation Visits: 28,696

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