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Cardiac Rehabilitation

After a heart attack or heart surgery, patents begin the important road back to health through cardiac rehabilitation. Rehabilitation specialists educate, teach and motivate patents as they work to strengthen their cardiovascular systems. Memorial Health System provides a comprehensive, six to eight week rehabilitation program that focuses on the physical aspect of cardiac disease as well as the necessary education to make long-term lifestyle changes. Patients begin a gradual program of exercise that aids in the recovery process during the weeks following hospitalization.

Cardiothoracic Surgery

Surgeons in the Department of Cardiovascular Surgery at Memorial are highly motivated and experienced. Our program, which is ranked in the top 10 percent in the nation by HealthGrades, offers a wide range of cardiac procedures that range from the most traditional to the latest groundbreaking surgeries. Our team of surgeons is actively searching for new treatments to manage coronary heart disease.

For those who cannot be helped in other ways, coronary artery bypass surgery might be recommended. This procedure creates a new blood carrying pathway by using a healthy vessel to bypass the blocked coronary arteries. This restores needed supplies of oxygen to the heart muscle. Every aspect of surgery is meticulously planned and carried out by experienced doctors and nurses.

Pediatric Care

Children of all ages who suffer from heart defects receive special care at Memorial Hospital for Children in Partnership with The Children's Hospital in Denver. Sometimes, as a baby develops inside a mother's womb, the heart or blood vessels near the heart fail to develop as they should. When this occurs, a congenital heart defect is the result. In the United States, approximately 25,000 babies are born every year with heart defects. We know that sometimes heredity, viral infection and substance abuse during pregnancy play a part in causing heart defects, but most of the time the cause is simply unknown.

Due to modern advances in diagnosis and surgery, most children born with heart defects today can look forward to normal adult lives. Sometime surgery is needed soon after birth to save a baby's life. Other times, symptoms of a heart defect occur later in childhood. Critically ill newborn babies receive on-to-one nursing attention in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, a department specially designed and equipped to care for infants who require 24-hour monitoring and reparatory support, and/or who suffer from life-threatening illness.

As babies improve, close monitoring and stabilization that continue until they baby is able to go home. Older babies and children who are hospitalized for cardiac surgery stay in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit, a department that provides comprehensive support for the family while meeting the physical and medical needs of the child.

Memorial's Neonatal Intensive Care Unit and Pediatric Intensive Care Unit are the only such services available in southern Colorado.

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