{"id":1945,"date":"2020-04-05T12:28:21","date_gmt":"2020-04-05T12:28:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stage.uchealth.org\/location\/uchealth-heart-center-longmont\/"},"modified":"2021-09-09T14:45:36","modified_gmt":"2021-09-09T14:45:36","slug":"uchealth-heart-center-longmont","status":"publish","type":"uch_location","link":"https:\/\/stage.uchealth.org\/locations\/uchealth-heart-center-longmont\/","title":{"rendered":"UCHealth Heart and Vascular Clinic &#8211; Longmont"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As the largest and most comprehensive heart and vascular center in northern Colorado, UCHealth Cardiology and Cardiothoracic Surgery is the region&#8217;s leader in cardiac care.<\/p>\n<h3>A regional leader<\/h3>\n<p>When we travel to your community, we provide personalized treatment planning and support.<\/p>\n<p>Our medical team includes 20 cardiologists, 3 electrophysiologists and\u00a0four cardiovascular surgeons, all with multiple certifications in various heart-related specialties supported by over 300 clinic specialists.\u00a0Together,\u00a0we offer a wide range of clinical support for our patients including nutrition, psychological counseling, research and rehabilitation programs.<\/p>\n<p>Our vision is paramount in everything we do &#8212; to provide world-class cardiac care for our patients so that\u00a0they can return to a normal life. Our staff members and experienced doctors, combined with our 35-year history, are why we are considered the region&#8217;s leader in all medical matters of the heart.<\/p>\n<p>As the third-largest heart surgery program in the state, we perform twice as many\u00a0cardiac surgeries\u00a0as any hospital in northern Colorado and lead the region in completed\u00a0pacemaker implantations, cardiac interventions and\u00a0valve replacements (Source: Colorado Hospital Association).<\/p>\n<p>From\u00a0our clinics,\u00a0hospitals\u00a0and\u00a0rehabilitation programs\u00a0to our education and cutting- edge\u00a0research, we serve\u00a0patients with one important goal in mind &#8211; to keep hearts healthy.<\/p>\n<h3>Beating national standards<\/h3>\n<p>When you have a heart attack, every second\u00a0counts. The faster you can receive care, the less damage there is to\u00a0your heart muscle.<\/p>\n<p>Through the\u00a0cardiac alert program at Medical Center of the Rockies, patients having a heart attack get the swift treatment they need.<\/p>\n<p>Our response times (measured in &#8220;door to balloon&#8221; times) are nearly twice as fast as the national standard. Door to balloon refers to the time it takes to get you through the hospital doors to a life-saving\u00a0balloon catheter procedure\u00a0to clear blockage.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2356,"featured_media":538,"menu_order":0,"template":"","class_list":["post-1945","uch_location","type-uch_location","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stage.uchealth.org\/locations\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/uch_location\/1945","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stage.uchealth.org\/locations\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/uch_location"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stage.uchealth.org\/locations\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/uch_location"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stage.uchealth.org\/locations\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2356"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stage.uchealth.org\/locations\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/538"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stage.uchealth.org\/locations\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1945"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}