The Heart & Vascular Institute at Sharon Regional

Open Heart Surgery and Cardiology

The Heart and Vascular Institute at Sharon Regional Health System delivers the best of all worlds: award-winning cardiac care from diagnostics to
interventional procedures to open heart surgery to rehab. All in the convenient setting of a community hospital.

Our surgeons, adult and pediatric cardiologists, electrophysiologists, and other specialists came to Sharon Regional from world-renowned institutions. Through their efforts we provide the region with state-of-the-art emergency heart attack care, diagnostics, interventional procedures, surgery, electrophysiology, and other advanced cardiac care.

The Heart & Vascular Institute at Sharon Regional Health System is the only hospital in Mercer County with the advanced technology and expertise to perform:

• Open Heart Surgery
• Angioplasty
• High Risk Cardiac Catheterizations
• Other Advanced Heart Procedures
  
  
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  Sharon Regional exceeds national guidelines for heart attack care

Heartbeats and Breaths:
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A Personal Cardiologist For Our Patients

Our extensive team of adult and pediatric cardiologists enables us to offer our patients an approach to care that mirrors that of a “personal cardiologist.” At Sharon Regional, one cardiologist will follow a patient throughout their care, allowing for continuity of information, a stronger patient/doctor relationship,
and better outcomes. Cardiologist can be seen at Sharon, Hermitage or Hubbard, OH.
Click here to see a list of our board-certified cardiologists

In addition, The Heart & Vascular Institute also offers:

Valve surgery, stents, chest pain emergency center, exercise stress tests, nuclear cardiology, SPECT scans, echocardiography, stress echocardiography, transesophageal echocardiography, pacemaker implants, pacemaker clinic, cardiac rehabilitation programs, cardiac wellness programs, pediatric cardiology clinics, cardiothoracic clinic, chronic heart failure program, 24-hour holter monitors, event monitors, ambulatory blood pressure monitors, electrocardiograms (EKGs), signal average electrocardiograms, heart healthy eating classes, and CPR classes.

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New Facilities

The Heart & Vascular Institute includes two new open heart surgical suites, a cardiovascular recovery and intensive care unit, waiting areas for patients and families, and a second cardiac cath lab. With the addition of open heart surgery, Sharon Regional is the only hospital in Mercer County capable of performing low-risk and advanced cardiac catheterizations and angioplasty. These additional facilities make the care we provide even better. And they certainly make the lives of our patients and their families much easier.

A Tradition of Excellence

While The Heart & Vascular Institute may be new, our commitment to first-class, comprehensive heart care is anything but. Over the past 10 years, The Heart & Vascular Institute at Sharon Regional has enjoyed a number of firsts for this area.

Silver Performance Achievement Award

Sharon Regional's Heart & Vascular Institute was recently presented with the American College of Cardiology Foundation's NCDR-ACTION Registry Silver Performance Achievement Award for 2008 - one of only 93 hospitals nationwide to receive it. The award recognizes Sharon Regional's commitment and success in implementing a higher standard of care for heart attack patients.  To receive the award, Sharon Regional consistently followed the treatment guidelines in ACTION Registry- GWTG for 12 consecutive months. These include aggressive use of medications such as cholesterol-lowering drugs, beta-blockers, ACE inhibitors, aspirin, and anticoagulants in the hospital