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Munroe's success as a 10-time Cardiovascular Benchmarks award winner is built on a foundation of quality and patient safety combined with successful physician alignment.

National guidelines set by the American College of Cardiology and the American Heart Association state that hospitals treating STEMI patients with emergency PCI should reliably achieve a “door-to-balloon time” of 90 minutes or less.

Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Florida has designated Munroe Regional Medical Center’s Munroe Heart program as a Blue Distinction Center for Cardiac Care.

Munroe Regional Medical Center is one of only 12% of hospitals in the United States to be recognized as an Accredited Chest Pain Center by the Society of Chest Pain Centers. Munroe is the only Accredited Chest Pain Center in Marion County.

On March 1, 2010, Munroe Regional Medical Center’s Munroe Heart program officially opened Marion County’s first cardiac electrophysiology (EP) lab.

Munroe Heart is excited to announce the opening of our new cardiac electrophysiology (EP) program and the addition of cardiac electrophysiologist, Celso Acevedo, M.D. to our care team.

Munroe Regional Medical Center is pleased to announce that it will be launching, effective October 1st, 2009, an innovative program to treat patients who are experiencing sudden cardiac arrest with hypothermia therapy.

Munroe has also be named as the best (#1) in Florida for coronary interventional procedures for the second consecutive year (2008-2009) and ranks among the Top 5% in the nation for overall cardiac services in 2009, according to the 11th Annual HealthGrades Hospital Quality in America Study.

In an effort to secure support for a growing number of heart patients in the Ocala area, Munroe Heart is seeking help from heart patient survivors and other interested persons to form a local chapter of Mended Hearts, affiliated with the American Heart Association.

Munroe Regional is proud to announce that it has been named one of the nation's 100 Top Hospitals for cardiovascular care by Thomson Healthcare. Munroe Regional is one of only two hospitals in the United States and the only community hospital that has received this distinction every year since its inception in 1999...

Munroe Regional Medical Center, the region's leader in cardiovascular services, has announced an exclusive partnership with four nationally recognized open-heart surgeons and four cardiovascular anesthesiologists...