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Broward Health North Broward Medical Center (BHNBMC) is offering interventional cardiology services in its cardiac catheterization lab to treat patients who are having heart attacks. Interventional cardiology allows physicians to diagnose blockages to blood vessels in the heart, and also open those vessels that pose critical and potentially life threatening risks.
The addition of interventional cardiology means that local residents suffering heart attacks can now be transported by ambulance directly to BHNBMC. Prior to the availability of interventional cardiology at BHNBMC, patients being transported by EMS would have to bypass BHNBMC and travel a greater distance.
