Cardiac Services

Baxter Regional Medical Center is the only hospital in north-central Arkansas to offer a complete cardiac care program. In 1998, BRMC began offering open-heart surgery, strengthening the medical center’s repuration as a heart hospital.

Coronary Bypass Surgery

More than 500,000 coronary artery bypass surgeries are performed each year in the United States, making it one of the most common surgeries. Under the leadership of cardiovascular surgeon Louis Elkins, M.D., the BRMC cardiac team performs almost 200 open-heart surgeries each year.

The first open-heart surgery was performed at BRMC in 1998, and in 1999 the hospital began offering angioplasty.

Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory

Since 1991, BRMC’s cardiac catheterization lab has performed more than 8,000 procedures to assist in the diagnosis of heart disease.

Each year, cardiologists Erick Araneda, M.D., Michael Camp, M.D. and Otis Warr, M.D., perform more than 400 angioplasties, 1,200 cardiac catheterizations and insert 800 stents for the treatment of heart and vascular disease.

Cardiac Rehabilitation Program

Baxter Regional Medical Center’s Cardiac Rehabilitation Program provides individualized care for patients who have had heart attacks, coronary bypass surgery, angioplasty, stable angina, or for patients who are considered prone to cardiac disease. The program relies on medically proven exercise therapy and patient education.

BRMC’s staff physicians refer their patients to the Cardiac Rehabilitation Program. Each referring physician follows his or her patient’s progress through periodic written reports prepared by the Cardiac Rehabilitation Program.

For more information about the Cardiac Rehabilitation Program, call 870-508-1380.