For 67 years, Holy Cross Health has been at the forefront of healthcare in South Florida. As a leader in cardiac care, Holy Cross has had several milestones locally, statewide and nationally.
Holy Cross Health was the first in Broward County to:
- be a Joint Commission Advanced Heart Failure Certified program;
- perform Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacements on high-risk patients and on patients who cannot undergo or are at high risk open heart surgery;
- offer Induced Hypothermia; and
- implant Reveal LINQTM.
Holy Cross Health was the first in South Florida to:
- offer the Medtronics MyCareLinkTM Patient Monitor;
- participate in the AngelMed ALERTS Study of an implantable cardiac monitor and patient alerting system; and
- begin work on South Florida’s first Rotational 60 Cobalt Unit.
Holy Cross Health was also the first in Florida to:
- utilize the iCT 256-slice scanner to offer Cardiac CT Angiography (CCTA);
- perform a Paravalvular Leak Closure using a transapical approach;
- use the Prime ECG Vest; and
- the first in South Florida to use the 256-clice CT scanner in the treatment of wake-up strokes and to perform Cardiac CTA.
“All of our accomplishments are a testament to the top physicians and specialists at Holy Cross Health,” President and CEO Mark Doyle said. “During American Heart Month, we are proud to highlight the heart and vascular care we provide at Holy Cross.”
