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Terry to control the risk factors that
are controllable. You can’t change your
family history or your genes, but you can
control diabetes, high blood pressure,
cholesterol levels and smoking.
“When Terry was experiencing chest
pain, his heart was telling him it was
not getting enough blood supply. It was
important that he paid attention,” said
Dr. Cordero. “It is something everyone
who has these symptoms needs to do.”
The experience for Terry “has been
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Good news
FAMILY MATTERS
Terry’s family history played an important role in his heart health. How about
yours? To learn more, visit our online edition of
Pacesetter
and learn what
you need to know about your family health history and what you can do about it.
Kadlec’s cardiac services
include:
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Accredited Chest Pain Center
with PCI (stent).
The Northwest’s
first nationally accredited Chest
Pain Center and the region’s only
accredited Chest Pain Center
with the ability to do emergency
balloon angioplasty.
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Interventional cardiology.
Kadlec’s on-call surgical response
team is ready to perform cardiac
surgery, catheterizations and
interventions anytime, day or
night. Kadlec is the region’s
PCI hospital and collaborates
with outlying hospitals and EMS
agencies to form the Southeast
Washington-Northeast Oregon
STEMI Response Network, which
is dedicated to saving heart
muscle for heart attack victims.
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Cardiothoracic surgery.
Our team consists of highly
trained and experienced
cardiothoracic surgeons,
nurses and technicians. They
perform coronary bypass
and other open-heart
surgeries any time, day or
night. Patients are followed from
the surgeons’ office for 30 days
after they leave the hospital. This
results in dramatically reduced
readmissions to the hospital.
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Vascular surgery.
Vascular
surgery treats diseases of the
arteries and veins. It is performed
for conditions such as aneurysms
and embolisms. Kadlec now has
this service available around the
clock.
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Intensivist program.
Kadlec’s
team of intensivists is dedicated
to caring for heart patients in the
Intensive Care Unit.
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Cardiac Unit.
This hospital
is dedicated to the special care
required for patients recovering
from open-heart surgery, heart
attacks or vascular surgery.
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CardioPulmonary Rehabilitation
program.
The outpatient program
addresses all aspects of cardiac
and pulmonary rehab — medical,
exercise, education and
psychological. State-of-the-art
facilities and trained staff provide
excellent recovery times and
outcomes.
C A R D I A C
S E R V I C E S
A T K A D L E C
Having critical cardiac services close to
home is essential. Fast diagnosis and
treatment, along with important follow-up
care, make life-saving differences for
patients every day.
a drastic wakeup call,” he said.“My dad
died when I was 35 and that should
have been an eye-opening experience for
me, but I didn’t take care of myself. This
is my second chance. And, thanks to Dr.
Cordero, and Kadlec's Cardiac Rehab
program, I’ll be better than ever.”
For Terry, that is good news, and
news he wants to tell people about, too.
“I hope people have been to a doctor
more than once every 40 years and take
care of themselves, but if you feel the
symptoms, go see a doctor. If you have
a family history, go see a doctor. If you
need to have surgery, have it. If I can do
this, you can do it, too,” he said.
For information about cardiac care at
Kadlec, visit
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