Treatment

The Spartanburg Regional Heart Center is equipped to perform most any cardiac procedure. Our highly trained team of physicians, nurses and other professionals performs hundreds of open-heart surgeries, heart catheterizations and pacemaker implantations each year. Using the latest in technology and techniques, we are committed to keeping our community's hearts beating strong.

Beating Heart Surgery

There's a growing technique in heart surgery that sounds as amazing as it actually is. Today, doctors are proving with great success that it's frequently best to operate on a patient's heart while it's still beating-a medical advance that's happening right here at the Spartanburg Regional Heart Center.

The procedure is called beating heart surgery. Doctors operate on the heart while it's beating, instead of using the heart-lung machine that normally functions for the heart and lungs during coronary surgery. For the patient, this new procedure means fewer side effects and fewer risks. Spartanburg Regional does more beating heart surgeries than most any other hospital in the Carolinas. With extensive experience and state-of-the-art operating rooms dedicated to heart surgery, the Heart Center continues to lead the way in the Carolinas with expert coronary care.

Catheterization

The heart catheterization labs lead the way in providing accurate diagnoses and determining the appropriate course of action for cardiac patients. This technology allows us to get the clearest possible view of a patient's arteries so we can better identify blockages or related problems. It's a process that is considered the most definitive way to diagnose artery and valve disease.

Electrophysiology

Electrophysiologists at the Regional Heart Center are helping hundreds of patients with irregular heart beats live normal, healthy lives. By implanting pacemakers, monitoring devices, and ICD's (implantable cardiovascular defribrillators), electrophysiologists are helping patients go about their daily lives while reducing the risk of heart failure.

ICDs are ideal for some patients with heart rhythm disorders (arrhythmias), resulting from acquired heart disease or congenital disorders. The ICD can detect an arrhythmia and deliver up to 750 volts of electricity within eight seconds, returning the patient's heart rhythm to normal.