Heart
Our patient-first approach and life-saving technology combine to bring you the best in cardiac services.
Slidell Memorial Hospital Heart Center is at the forefront of innovative cardiology care.
Expert Cardiac Services
At the SMH Heart Center, we have the most experienced cardiologists in the region, and we consistently rank first in offering cutting-edge services to our heart patients. These include:
- Multi-slice CT scanning, a noninvasive procedure that can help detect problems early
- Advanced, full-service Cath Labs
- Coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery
- Valve replacement
- Off-pump bypass
- Electrophysiology Lab
- Drug eluting stents
- AICD and pacemaker implantation
- Cardiac stress tests
- Echocardiography
In addition, our heart center offers advanced facilities, including:
- 2 heart surgery suites
- 13-bed medical intensive care
- 6-bed surgical intensive care
- 38-bed cardiac/medical telemetry unit
- 12-bed pre- and post-cardiac surgery and intervention unit
Our Partnership with Ochsner Health System
Through our partnership with Ochsner Health System, we are able to better meet your healthcare needs by ensuring even more services and enhanced technology are available locally.
As a result of the partnership, the Slidell Memorial Hospital-East Interventional Cardiology and Surgical Cardiology services have moved to the Slidell Memorial Hospital Heart Center.
SMH was selected as the location to care for more complex (invasive and procedure-based) cardiology cases due to our recently-renovated and state-of-the-art Heart Center. Heart and vascular services that are non-invasive, such as diagnostic stress tests, will continue to be provided at Slidell Memorial Hospital- East.
Working together, we will continue delivering your care in Slidell while enhancing quality and access to specialized heart care. Our partnership enables us to offer an expanded menu of cardiology services including advanced cardiac procedures, diagnostic cardiac catheterizations, peripheral vascular studies and coronary bypass surgery.
SMH and Ochsner
Caring for Hearts TogetherSMH Campus: Interventional and Surgical Cardiology, for heart attacks, cardiac arrest and other complex procedures, and Cardiac and Pulmonary Rehab
Slidell Memorial Hospital East: Non-invasive services that do not require surgery, for diagnostic stress tests and other less complex procedures
Nationally Recognized Cardiac and Pulmonary Rehab
Our comprehensive care means helping you get back to doing the things you love after you leave the hospital. SMH's cardiac and pulmonary rehab programs are nationally certified by the American Association of Cardiovascular & Pulmonary Rehabilitation. Our goal? To help patients who have chronic cardiovascular diseases and lung conditions address the physiological, social and vocational issues that can come with these conditions.
Our cardiologists and medical staff treat hospital patients to help them prepare to return home and, if needed, continue therapy on an outpatient basis.
Rehabilitation services include:
- Physical therapy
- Education
- Risk factor modification
- Vocational support
The cardiac and pulmonary rehab programs treat the following disorders:
- Coronary artery disease/angina
- Heart attack, bypass or heart valve surgery
- Stents and angioplasty
- Heart transplantation
- Congestive heart failure
- COPD
- Asthma
- Bronchitis
- Emphysema
- Cystic fibrosis
- Inflammatory lung conditions such as sarcoidosis, pulmonary fibrosis and pulmonary hypertension