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Full service heart care
For more than 40 years, the heart care center at Scripps Mercy Hospital has provided the San Diego community with the best in patient care. Our comprehensive heart care program is dedicated to the education, prevention, diagnosis and treatment of cardiovascular disease.
We have assembled an extraordinary team of experts in every area of heart care – from diagnostic services to advanced surgical procedures, including:
- Emergency heart care and certification as a STEMI receiving center for the treatment of heart attacks
- Electrophysiology and robotic heart mapping for the treatment of arrhythmias
- Minimally invasive robotic surgery
- Imaging and diagnostic services including cardiac MRI
- Nuclear medicine
- Interventional cardiology including angioplasty and stent placement
- Peripheral vascular care
- Cardiovascular and thoracic surgery
- Robot-assisted cardiothoracic Surgery
- Cardiac recovery and rehabilitation
We are here to pinpoint your heart problem, find the best treatment, control the symptoms and keep your heart health in check.
Find a heart care specialist
To learn more about heart care at Scripps Mercy Hospital or to schedule an appointment, call 619-260-7001 to reach the San Diego campus or 619-691-7366 for the Chula Vista campus.
To make an appointment for heart imaging, call 619-691-7295 for our Chula Vista campus and 619-260-7343 for our San Diego campus.
Why Choose Scripps
- The only San Diego hospital system to rank nationally for heart and heart surgery by U.S. News & World Report in 2010
- The largest San Diego provider of cardiology and heart surgery services
- The first U.S. health system to use minimally invasive tools to remove plaque from coronary arteries. Today we offer comprehensive minimally invasive robotic heart surgery options
Heart Care Services
- Prevent heart disease with early detection and intervention programs
- Emergency heart care at our ER STEMI receiving centers, certified by the American Heart Association
- Interventional cardiology for non-surgical treatment of heart conditions
- Electrophysiology for the treatment of arrhythmia
- Cardiovascular and thoracic surgery for innovative surgery options, including open heart surgery and minimally-invasive robotic surgery
- A dedicated heart failure treatment program
- Recovery and rehabilitation centers
Scripps News
| 02.15.2012 | 10 Things You May Not Know About Your Heart |
| 11.17.2011 | Putting Heart Attacks on Ice |
| 08.15.2011 | Is It Indigestion or a Heart Attack? |
| 07.27.2011 | Conrad Prebys Gives $45 Million to Scripps Health |
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