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Slidell Memorial
is the most experienced
in cardiac services
on the Northshore, consistently
being first to offer new, innovative services
in cardiac care.
As a proud local sponsor of the Northshore
Start! campaign, we encourage the community to be Heart Smart.
In 2004, SMH became the first facility in East St. Tammany Parish to offer multi-slice CT scanning, which provides highly detailed images of the circulatory system and internal organs.
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The 16-slice scanner and its new 64-slice counterpart give SMH physicians and patients access to potentially life-saving technologies such as CT angiography, CT fluoroscopy and calcium scoring, all non-invasive procedures that can detect problems early, when they are most treatable.
The 64-slice scanner is fast enough to create a clear, stop-action image of a beating heart while requiring nothing more invasive than an IV injection in the patient's arm.
SMH in 2008 became the first hospital in the area to offer Spectranetics Excimer Laser Ablation treatment for patients suffering from Peripheral Artery Disease (PAD). The system produces pulsed bursts of ultraviolet (UV) light energy that vaporize blockages in the arteries into tiny particles that are easily absorbed into the blood stream.
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Cardiac Surgery / Critical Care Services
- Two full-service Heart Surgery Suites
- Coronary Artery Bypass Graft (CABG) Surgery
- Valve Replacement
- Off-pump Bypass
- 13-bed Medical Intensive Care
- Six-bed Surgical Intensive Care
- 30-bed Cardiac/Medical Telemetry Unit
- 12 bed Pre- and Post-Cardiac Surgery and Intervention Unit
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Cardiology Services
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