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Here For Your Heart

        


2010 CLINICAL ACHIEVEMENTS

Cardiac Services
• 5-Star Rated for Treatment of Heart Failure
  Two Years in a Row (2009 & 2010)

Trinity Mother Frances Heart Institute… The Region's Leader in Heart Care

Trinity Mother Frances Heart Institute is the leading provider of heart care in east Texas. More heart procedures are performed at Mother Frances Hospital than in any other east Texas facility. In addition, Trinity Mother Frances Cardiology Services can claim many notable achievements:

• More than 638,000 cardiac procedures
• More than 13,000 open-heart surgeries
• More than 60,000 cardiac catheterizations
• More than 16,000 interventional cardiac stents
• Nearly 12,000 pacemaker/electrophysiology procedures
• More than 200 robotic-assisted heart surgeries
• First Intensive Care Unit in east Texas
• First in the region to perform permanent pacemaker implantation
• First open-heart surgery suite in east Texas
• First comprehensive Heart Institute in the region
• One of the first in the U.S. to introduce clot-busting drugs
• First in east Texas with advanced lipid testing
• First in the U.S. with total EKG networking capabilities
• First in east Texas with accredited Chest Pain Center
• First magnetic assisted complex interventional cardiac procedure in the world was performed in the TMF Heart Institute
• First robotic heart bypass surgery in east Texas performed at TMF Heart Institute
• First institution in east Texas with da Vinci, the world's most advanced surgical robotic system
• First in east Texas to implement CODE STEMI protocol for rapid assessment and treatment of heart attack victims with ST-elevation myocardial infarction
• First in east Texas to perform minimally invasive mitral valve repair

This impressive list of 'firsts' is due to several factors: commitment to providing state-of-the-art technology for cardiovascular services, the dedicated and highly-skilled cardiologists and cardiovascular surgeons practicing at the Trinity Mother Frances Heart Institute, and the development of outstanding facilities that bring these two elements together to best serve the needs of heart patients in the region.

TMF Live Broadcast Channel - Beating Heart Mitral Valve Replacement
TMF Live Broadcast Channel - Robotic Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery

 Latest News...
ANNOUNCING THE AFFILIATION OF THE REGION'S LEADERS IN HEART CARE:
Trinity Mother Frances and Tyler Cardiovascular Consultants Together Are Taking Heart Care to the Next Level...
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What our Patients Say

 

Billy Cooper
Edgewood, Texas

 

Janice Melton
Center, Texas

Destination Operation: Patient Travels to TMF from South Carolina for Heart Surgery
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