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Genesis, Davenport Presented National Award for Top 50 Heart Care

Quad Cities-area residents, take heart: One of the nation's 50 Top Cardiovascular Hospitals is right here in Davenport, Iowa. As announced last November, Genesis Medical Center, Davenport was the only hospital in Iowa and the region to make the 2011 list by Thomson Reuters. But what is the award's significance to heart patients and the region? Read more>>

What It Means To Be a Top 50 Hospital

Its no small feat that Genesis Medical Center, Davenport has been named one of the nation's Top 50 Cardiolvascular Hospitals...More>>

Genesis  One of Nation's Top Cardiovascular Hospitals by Thomson Reuters

Genesis Medical Center, Davenport has been named one of the nation’s 50 Top Cardiovascular Hospitals by Thomson Reuters for outstanding outcomes and efficiency. The Genesis Medical Center, East Rusholme Street campus was the only hospital in Iowa and the Quad Cities region to make the list that included Mayo Clinic in Rochester and Phoenix, Cleveland Clinic Florida and oher prestigious institutions. More >>

Helping Heart Attack Patients Across the Region

Diane Smith of rural Grand Mound thought she had the stomach flu. Little did she know it would get far worse. Her heart would stop beating that day. A veteran of one heart attack, the 55-year old had an inkling she faced more than the flu when she nearly...More>>

He's Running with Heart

At age 55, he feels like a teen-ager. His running intensity equals what it was in high school. He has lost 20 pounds, eats a lean diet, and, aspires to run the full Boston Marathon in 2012. It’s hard to believe that just over a year ago; Dave Craddick of Davenport was in a Genesis Operating Room undergoing open-heart surgery...More>>

Genesis Performs First-In-Iowa Procedure

Genesis Medical Center, Davenport, is the first in Iowa and one of only a handful of heart centers in the nation to perform a minimally invasive surgery for patients with the most persistent kind of atrial fibrillation. The surgery is called a Totally Thorascoscopic Modified Maze procedure. "The surgery is done without a large chest incision..." More>>

A Cool Therapy for Heart Patients

Many things went right the day Ted Zeiner's heart stopped beating. His wife, Sandra, called 911, and immediately began chest compressions with MEDIC EMS dispatchers guiding her over the phone. Firefighters arrived at the couple's west Davenport home first; pried opend a locked back door. More >>

Taking Vascular Care to a New Level

Genesis Medical Center, Davenport, will soon provide faster, safer and more accurate vascular care to the Quad Cities area with the region's first state-of-the-art, angiographic operating room suite. The $2.9 million hybrid surgical suite will take vascular diagnosis and treatment to a new level, hospital officials announced. Genesis will be the first hospital in the region.  More >>

Genesis Heart Institute Spans the Region

Robert Aldis of rural Maquoketa felt overwhelming fatigue while working in his yard last October. He suddenly felt weighed down by exhaustian; his arms became weak and heavy.  Once he came inside, his wife, Karen, herself a two-time veteran of heart attack, knew her 68-year old husband was experiencing a heart related emergency. "She told me, 'I think you are having a heart attack.' More >>

Reducing Heart Failure Hospitalization

Simply missing a dose of medication, drinking too many fluids, or going overboard on salt intake can land a patient with heart failure in the hospital or the Emergency Room. It's a leading reason for hospitalization for people 65 and older. Indeed, nearly 25 percent of the people on Medicare who are hospitalized for heart failure are back in the hospital within a month, says a study published online Nov. 10 in "Circulation: Heart Failure."  To help prevent the revolving door of hospitalization for heart failure patients, area cardiologists in collaboration with the Genesis Heart Institute, recently opened an outpatient heart failure clinic to give these patients more frequent monitoring. More >>

A New Way to Implant Heart Rhythm Devices

At work, Alicia White wears a uniform. It's after work when she likes to unleash her inner fashionista. One of her favorite passtimes is to pull out her array of sparkly eveningwear-and an impressive collection of vintage purses, jewelry and hats and go out on the town in style. So five years ago, when she the 41 year old White learned she needed a pacemaker, her thoughts immediately turned to those evening fashions that show off a woman's bare shoulders. Could she ever again wear strapless gowns, dres with halter straps , or even tank tops.  More >>  

Helping high-risk heart patients

At many other heart centers, 76-year old Alice White of DeWitt might have been out of luck. The three major arteries of her heart had challenging blockages, including one that was beyond repair. Along with her other health issues, her weak heart made the risks of coronary artery bypass surgery or balloon angioplasty excessively high.

"It was scary," says her daughter, Melissa Lane of DeWitt. "She was very short of breath and having chest pains. Her heart was working at a very low percent. More >>

Women: Listen to Your Heart

Jeanne Stoltz of Bettendorf thought of every excuse in the book to explain away her symptoms of heart attack.

Her nauseous stomach was probably the flu. Her constant shortness of breath was the result of years of smoking, even though she had quit years earlier. Her shoulder ached and pain radiated down her arm but, then again, she had a bad left shoulder.

The 56-year-old had survived an aneurysm four years earlier, and was a frequent sufferer of migraines. Her tolerance for pain already was high. To top it off, she had passed a stress test with flying colors just one year before.

"Unlike many women, I actually had the classic signs of a heart attack. More >>

Getting Hearts Pumping

World's smallest heart pump comes to Genesis to help high-risk patients.

The world's smallest heart pump has arrived at Genesis Medical Center, Davenport to bring more treatment options to critically ill cardiac patients.

The Abiomed's Impella 2.5 circulatory support system centers on a tiny pump, about the width of a straw. It is inserted into weak hearts to keep them functioning in patients while cardiologists perform lifesaving interventions. More >>

Changing the Face of Bypass Surgery

Genesis Medical Center, Davenport is among an elite group of U.S. heart centers that are revolutionizing the way coronary artery bypass surgery is performed. Leading the way with new technology, Genesis heart surgeons Nicholas Augelli, M.D., and Robert Fietsam, M.D., are using automated stapling devices instead of hand-sewn sutures to connect bypass vein grafts. More >>

Genesis Heart Program Receives Top Ratings from United Healthcare

When it comes to cost-efficiency and quality of cardiac care, Genesis Medical Center has a lot of star power. For the second consecutive year, Genesis Medical Center has earned "Three Stars and Higher Efficiency" honors -- the highest quality and cost-efficiency rankings from United Healthcare -- in all three of the cardiac categories it considers. More >>