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Cardiovascular Care at Baptist Health System Hospitals in San Antonio

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Heart of the Matter

When someone has a heart attack in the movies or on TV, it’s often quite dramatic, with no signs or symptoms that something is about to happen. But in the real world, paying attention to our bodies and being aware of common risk factors can help prevent the complications of heart disease.

Women with Heart

Meet Two Cardiologists who share a passion for prevention and treatment of heart disease. Diane Greiner, M.D. and Laura Jacobs M.D. are cardiologists with the Heart Clinic of San Antonio.

We’re Passionate About Your Heart, and Your Brain

Who loves your heart and brain as much as you do? The clinical teams at the five Baptist hospitals.

Heart Alert at Baptist Health System

A groundbreaking program, in place at each of the Baptist Health System hospitals, is saving precious time in diagnosing and treating patients suffering a heart attack. Baptist Health System is the first and only system in San Antonio to implement “Heart Alert,” a program that in most cases gets heart attack patients into the cath lab for life-saving treatment in under an hour… well under the national standard of 90-minutes.

Your Aging Heart: What’s Happening?

Have you ever wondered why some older people can run marathons, while others have a hard time getting up out of a chair? Much of this inconsistency has to do with the way the heart ages.

Heart Alert Teams Celebrate Success With Their Patients

A groundbreaking program, in place since 2005 at each of the Baptist Health System hospitals, is saving precious time in diagnosing and treating patients suffering a heart attack.

Cardiac Arrest in Healthy, Young Athletes

A young, college basketball player was rumored to be a potential top pick in the professional basketball draft. Yet during a game midseason, he experienced arrhythmias (irregular rhythms of the heart's beating).

Baptist Hospitals Receive Renewed Chest Pain Center Accreditation

Each of the five Baptist Health System hospitals has received full Cycle II Chest Pain Center Accreditation from the Society of Chest Pain Centers.

The San Antonio Start! Heart Walk, A Big Success

The Amereican's Heart Association's San Antonio Start! Heart Walk was a big success!

Baptist Health System Sponsors the San Antonio Start! Heart Walk

Cardiovascular disease is the number one cause of death in the United States. More than 2,500 Americans die from heart disease each day.
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