Cardiology Practice Profiles

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Arkansas Heart Hospital

Stats

Number of CV Physicians: 37 total with some crossover

  • Bariatric surgery - 4

  • Cardiothoracic surgery - 3

  • Coronary Interventions - 15

  • Electrophysiology - 4

  • Endocrinology - 1

  • General Cardiology - 4

  • General surgery - 5

  • Hyperbaric/wound-care - 2

  • Peripheral interventions - 13

  • Cardiac rehab - 1

  • Structural heart - 5

  • Vascular surgery - 1

Number of Advanced Practice Providers (NP/PA/CNS): 48 total

Number of licensed beds (across all locations): 135

Number of locations: 2 hospital locations and 26 clinics across the state

Practice EMR system: eClinicalWorks

Hospital EMR system: Cerner Soarian

Programs & Services

This system has the following imaging/monitoring capabilities:

  • They have a Siemens SOMATOM Definition AS 128-Slice CT scanner

  • DXA scan

  • Vantage Titan MRI

  • Nuclear cardiac, lung, and biliary scans

  • ECG

  • Ultrasound of the carotid arteries, venous US, and abdominal US

  • Angiography

Additional system assets:

Arkansas Heart Hospital is a nationally recognized, locally-focused hospital dedicated to preventing, diagnosing and treating cardiovascular diseases and those related to it.

Our approach to everything is patient-first. It’s why we have a 5-star patient satisfaction rating from CMS.gov - one of the only hospitals in the state to be awarded. And why we proudly deliver our globally recognized care to locations across the region including two hospitals and more than 20 community clinics.

Named one of the World's Best Hospitals by Newsweek four years in a row, Arkansas Heart Hospital has more than two decades of leadership in quality heart care. Offering advanced technology and the latest in treatment options, our team of world-class physicians and advanced practice providers specialize in cardiac rehabilitation, cardiothoracic and vascular surgery, electrophysiology, heart failure, imaging, interventional cardiology, peripheral interventions and more. And through services like bariatric and metabolic surgery, we address the risk factors of heart disease like obesity and diabetes.

This system has the clinical capabilities for the following surgeries/procedures:

  • TAVR

  • Mitraclip

  • Watchman device

  • Corvia

  • Tendyne

  • Amulet

  • Alcohol septal ablation

  • EP studies

  • Ablation

  • Epicardial ablation

  • Temporary pacemaker

  • Permanent pacemaker

  • Internal cardiac defibrillators

  • Lead extraction

  • PFO, PDA, ASD, and VSD correction

  • Gastric sleeve

  • Gastric bypass

  • Angioplasty

  • Angiojet

  • Cryoplasty therapy

  • Diamondback 360

  • Laser Atherectomy

  • Peripheral Stenting

  • SilverHawk Plaque Excision System

  • Thrombolytic therapy

  • Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting Surgery (CABG)

  • Aortic Valve Replacement (AVR)

  • Mini AVR

  • Mitral Valve Repair or Replacement (MVR)

  • Mini MVR

  • Tricuspid Valve Repair or Replacement (MVR)

  • Ascending Aortic Aneurysm Repair

  • Left Atrial Appendage Clip or Resection

  • Surgical Ablation (MAZE)

  • Minimally Invasive Cardiac Surgery

  • Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement

  • Video Assisted Thoracoscopic Surgery (VATS)

  • Diaphragm Plication

  • Endovascular Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Repair

  • Thoracic Endovascular Aortic Aneurysm Repair

  • Carotid Endarterectomy

  • Peripheral Bypass Grafting Surgery

  • Open Abdominal Aneurysm surgery

  • Aortobifemoral Bypass Grafting Surgery

  • Peripheral amputation

 

CHI St. Vincent

Stats

Number of CV Physicians: Over 50 cardiac specialists

Number of licensed beds (across all locations): 50 dedicated cardiology critical care beds and over 60 telemetry beds

Number of locations: 4 hospitals, with partnerships at two other non CHI locations, 34 clinic locations

Practice EMR system: GEMMS

Hospital EMR system: Cerner

Programs & Services

This system has the following imaging/monitoring capabilities:

  • Stress tests

  • ECG

  • Cardiac CT

  • Holter monitoring

  • Advanced Electrophysiologic Monitoring and Assessment

  • Cardiac PET/CT

  • Cardiac ultrasound

  • Transthoracic and Transesophageal Echocardiography

  • Nuclear Cardiac Imaging

Additional system assets:

CHI St. Vincent offers cardiac rehab at 2 locations. CHI St. Vincent Infirmary has been ranked since 2012 by the U.S. News and World Report as a top regional hospital for achieving high performing status for heart-related categories and has also received Chest Pain Accreditation. They are 1 out of 2 Arkansas hospitals (with fewer than 20 in the U.S.) to receive Ace Accreditation for Cardiac Excellence for cath labs. These cath labs perform more than 3,000 catheterizations per year. They have also received the AHA/ASA’s Get With The Guidelines® Target: Stroke Honor Roll Gold Plus Quality Achievement Award. The CHI St. Vincent Cardiac Surgery Program is the only program in the state with multiple 3 Star (highest) ratings from the Society for Thoracic Surgery, and has achieved Center of Excellence Status in both TAVR and Mitraclip procedures.

This system has the clinical capabilities for the following surgeries/procedures:

  • TAVR

  • Mitraclip

  • Watchman device

  • IAPB

  • Impella

  • LVAD

  • ECMO

  • EP studies

  • Ablation

  • Pacemaker/ICD

  • PFO

  • ASD

  • Cardiac cath

  • Angioplasty

  • Atherectomy

  • Stent 

  • CTO

  • Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting Surgery (CABG)

  • Aortic Valve Replacement (AVR) and repair

  • LVAD placement

  • Major vascular surgery

  • Mitral Valve Replacement and Repair

  • Complex Aortic Surgery

  • Adult Congenital Heart Surgery

 

Mercy

Stats

Mercy Rogers location

Number of CV Physicians: 9 total, 2 specializing in Interventional Cardiology and 1 Cardiothoracic and Vascular surgeon

Number of Advanced Practice Providers (NP/PA/CNS): 9

Number of licensed beds (across all locations): 11 bed procedure unit dedicated to cardiac patients 

Number of locations: There is an additional hospital in Fort Smith, AR with a Heart Center 

Practice EMR system: EPIC

Hospital EMR system: EPIC



Programs & Services

Additional system assets:

This branch of Mercy offers cardiac rehab as well as a cardiac support group. This hospital has received a Leapfrog hospital safety grade of “A,” holds the highest CMS rating in the area, and received Chest Pain Center v6 accreditation by the American College of Cardiology. They are also designated as a Primary Stroke center by the Joint Commission and were recognized at the Gold Plus level by the AHA/ASA. They are certified as a SHAPE Center of Excellence and are accredited by the Intersocietal Commission of Vascular Laboratories. Their 11 bed cardiology procedure unit is in conjunction with 4 cardiac cath labs and a specialized cardiac imaging suite. They are also home to Arkansas’ first Robotic C-arm and have a hybrid cath lab and operating room.

This system has the clinical capabilities for the following surgeries/procedures:

  • TAVR

  • Watchman device

  • Cardiac cath

  • Angioplasty

  • Open heart surgery

This system has the following imaging/monitoring capabilities:

  • Cardiac CT

  • ECG

  • Robotic C-arm

  • Stress test

 

St. Bernards Healthcare

Stats

Number of CV Physicians: 9 interventional cardiologists, 7 noninvasive physicians, 2 electrophysiology physicians, 2 cardiothoracic surgeons, and 1 endovascular/vascular surgeon

Number of Advanced Practice Providers at St. Bernards Heart & Vascular: 14

Number of licensed beds (across all SBMC relationships): 600

Number of Heart & Vascular locations: 13 Heart & Vascular locations across 24 counties, with access to 925 beds

Number of Cath Labs at all Heart & Vascular locations: 10

Number of St. Bernards locations: St. Bernards Medical Center is located in Jonesboro, AR. St. Bernards Medical Center also operates St. Bernards Five Rivers in Pocahontas, AR and has management agreements with St. Bernards Cross Ridge in Wynne, AR and Lawrence Memorial Hospitals in Walnut Ridge, AR.

Practice EMR system: NextGen

Hospital EMR system: Meditech

Programs & Services

Endovascular/Vascular Service Line

  • TCAR

  • Endovascular stent grafting

  • Aneurysm repair

  • Fistulas

CardioThoracic Service Line

  • Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting

  • Aneurysm repair

  • Aortic Valve repair

  • Mitral Valve repair

  • Pericardiectomy

  • Thoracotomy

Focused Care Clinics for :

  • Congestive Heart Failure

  • Advanced Heart Failure

  • Lipid Clinic

  • Peripheral Vascular & Venous Disease

  • Device Management

  • Sleep Apnea

  • Hypertension & Chronic CAD

  • Valvular Disease

*FDA approved IDE clinical trials are involved in the offer of these procedures

Roger D. Hill, MD
Chief of Cardiology

Maximilliano Arroyo, MD
Medical Director of Interventional Cardiology

William Brian Bailey, MD
Medical Director of Non-invasive Cardiology

Devi Nair, MD
Medical Director of Electrophysiology

Connie H Hill, DNP, MBA, FACHE
Vice President St Bernards Medical Center
Administrator St. Bernards Heart & Vascular

Interventional Cardiology

  • STEMI

  • Critical Limb Salvage

  • High risk coronary interventions

  • Atherectomy

  • Coronary laster

  • Penumbra

  • Rotoblader/Rotapro atherectomy

  • FFR

  • Diagnostic Cardiac Cath

  • Interventional Cardiology

  • Peripheral Diagnostic and Intervention

  • Peripheral arterial angioplasty and stenting, atherectomy

  • Venous angioplasty, stenting, and bypass

  • Transfemoral carotid stenting

  • Carotid baroreceptor stimulator placement

  • Endovascular AAA repair

  • Endovascular stenting

  • Open AAA repair

  • Endovascular thoracic aneurysm repair

  • Open Thoracic aneurysm repair

  • Peripheral surgical bypass and endarterectomy

  • Peripheral arterial angioplasty and stenting, artherectomy

  • Venous angioplasty, stenting and bypass

  • Mesenteric bypass, angioplasty and stenting

  • Renal Bypass, angioplasty and stenting

  • Varicose Vein intervention

  • Surgical Spine exposure

  • Thoracic outlet decompression Dialysis Access, AV Fistula, AV graft

  • Impella

  • Structural Heart: PFO & TAVR

  • Renal Denervation

  • Research

Non-invasive Cardiology

  • Nuclear Cardiology

  • CT Imaging for Cardiac/Vascular

  • Cardiac & Vascular Ultrasound

  • Trans esophageal echocardiogram

  • SPECT/CT

  • Stress testing, Echo stress testing and CPX Stress Testing

  • Venous and arterial imaging

  • Ankle Brachial Index testing

  • Pulmonary Function Test

  • Cardiac Monitoring-Holter, MCT, 30 day monitoring, long term holter

  • Fistula Flow Testing

  • Research

Electrophysiology Service Line

  • Cardiac Ablation for Atrial and Ventricular Arrhythmias

    • Radio-frequency Ablation

    • Cryoablation

    • Pulsed Field Ablation

    • Hybrid Ablation

  • Cardiac Rhythm Management

    • Transvenous and leadless pacing (dual and single chamber)*

    • Cardiac Rhythm Therapies: Transvenous and leadless ICD therapies*

    • HF Monitoring

  • Implantable Cardiac Rhythm monitoring

  • Structural Heart

    • Watchman

    • Amulet

    • Conformal *

  • Extractions

    • Laser Lead

    • Device

  • Mobile Cardiac Ambulatory Monitoring

  • Research

 

Washington Regional

Stats

Number of CV Physicians: 10 cardiologists including 2 electrophysiologists, four cardiovascular and thoracic surgeons, and approximately 325 cardiovascular-health professionals

Number of CV APP: 20 cardiology advanced practice providers and 4 CV surgery APPs

Number of licensed beds (across all locations): 76 bed cardiology unit

Number of locations: 1 hospital and 7 clinic locations

Practice EMR system: Cerner

Hospital EMR system: Cerner

Programs & Services

This system has the following imaging/monitoring capabilities:

  • Stress tests

  • ECG

  • Cardiac CT

  • ECG

  • Holter


Additional system assets:

Washington Regional’s Walker Heart Institute includes a 76-bed cardiology unit and the largest group of cardiovascular experts in Northwest Arkansas with specialized heart failure, vein, valve, and lipid clinics. The institute also includes cardiac and pulmonary rehabilitation services.   

This institute has the clinical capabilities for the following surgeries/procedures:

  • TAVR

  • TCAR

  • Mitraclip

  • Watchman device

  • IAPB

  • Impella

  • LVAD

  • ECMO

  • EP studies

  • Ablation

  • Pacemaker/ICD (including Micra)

  • PFO

  • ASD

  • Cardiac cath

  • Angioplasty

  • Atherectomy

  • Stent 

  • CTO

  • Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting Surgery (CABG)

  • Aortic Valve Replacement (AVR) and repair

  • LVAD placement

  • Major vascular surgery

  • Ankle-Brachial Index (ABI)

  • Myocardial Perfusion Study

  • Vascular Ultrasound Study

  • Ultrasound-guided peripheral vascular limb salvage intervention

  • MUGA

  • Tilt table