Heart hospital

Plans are now under way for the construction of St. John’s heart hospital, a four-level, 214,000 square-foot facility conveniently located adjacent to St. John’s Emergency Trauma Center.

St. John's Clinic-National will be razed to make way for the new facility. Two floors of office space are being added to
St. John's Clinic-Whiteside to accommodate the physicians currently housed in the National building.

Plans for the heart facility include:

• Eight catheterization laboratories
• Two electrophysiology laboratories
• Four operating rooms
• On-site physician offices
• Integrated emergency department facilities
• Chest pain evaluation unit
• Comprehensive inpatient and outpatient cardiovascular diagnostic services
• Customized, evidence-based care pathways
• Educational resources, wellness programs and nutritional services
• Inpatient education and cardiac rehabilitation.

Over the years, St. John’s physicians have helped shape the modern era
of heart care in the Ozarks, providing innovative treatment and aggressive attention to all factors affecting heart health.

Today, advanced options for heart and vascular care range from management of heart disease to complex surgery.

St. John’s first major contribution was the development of the region’s first coronary catheterization lab. Coronary angiography made it possible to visualize coronary artery blockages and opened the door for
interventional cardiology such as balloon angioplasty and stents.

St. John’s has one of the busiest catheterization labs in Missouri,
with each physician performing an average of 220 interventional
cases per year.