Cardiac Care at McKenzie-Willamette Medical Center focuses on the functions and disorders of the heart and its connected circulatory system. According to the American Heart Association, 84 million people in the U.S. suffer from some form of cardiovascular disease, affecting blood flow throughout the body. Cardiovascular disease can lead to heart attacks, strokes or other serious complications.
Having Chest Symptoms? Get Help ASAP! Call 911
If you are not sure that you are having a heart attack and you need to know more, try answering these questions:
- Are you having discomfort in the middle of your chest?
- Are you having any of the following chest discomfort symptoms: Fullness within the chest, burning within the chest, aching within the chest, tightness within the chest or similar type symptom?
- Do these chest discomfort symptoms come and go?
- Are these chest discomfort symptoms worse with activity and disappear when you rest?
- Are you reluctant to tell someone of these symptoms?
- Are you reluctant to call because you think your mild symptoms do not warrant doing so?
- Do you have any of these other associated symptoms: Discomfort that goes from the chest to your left arm or to your jaw, clammy perspiration, shortness of breath, nausea or dizziness?
- If you carry with you nitroglycerin, does the nitroglycerin seem to take away the discomfort within 5 minutes?
If you answered yes to most of these questions you owe it to yourself to get these symptoms checked out immediately at the nearest hospital's Emergency Room or Chest Pain Center. It is better to be safe than sorry.
To learn more you can go to www.deputyheartattack.org
Our services include:
Our services are performed at the following locations:
Heart Center
1460 G Street
Springfield, OR 97477
(541) 744-8400
960 North 16th Street, Suite 304
Springfield, OR 97477
(541) 744-6172
(541) 744-8608 (Fax)
In addition to cardiac diagnostics and treatments, a full range of noninvasive procedures and tests, such as EKGs, echos and stress tests continue to be offered at McKenzie-Willamette.
McKenzie-Willamette opened its cardiac catheterization lab in December 2004 and has been providing much-needed diagnostic services to cardiac patients throughout central Lane County ever since. For mo...
In December 2006 the hospital opened a dedicated, comprehensive cardiovascular operating room and a post-op care unit. McKenzie-Willamette combined the operating room and post-operative care unit in o...
Our history of firsts: Under the medical leadership of cardiologist Jay Chappell, M.D., the Heart Center has pioneered many advanced technologies. In 2008, Samuel Lau, M.D. performed the first percuta...
For more information, please contact:
Heart Center Services
(541) 726-4789
Email: wecare@mckweb.com