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The Heart and Vascular Center

For cardiovascular illness, getting an accurate diagnosis and immediate care can not only save your life, it can help prevent long-term damage to your heart and get you on the right track for many years to come.

Uncompromising Cardiac Care Close to Home

Fortunately, you can find cardiac care close to home without compromising the quality.

Exceptional cardiovascular care, and the technology needed to support it, is found at The Heart and Vascular Center at Lowell General Hospital.

With a specialized team of cardiologists, critical care services and state-of-the-art diagnostic and treatment technology, advanced cardiac care is available close to home. Services at The Heart and Vascular Center far exceed the level of care found in most community hospitals. Here, you'll find an exceptionally trained and experienced staff, technology and offerings that are among the most advanced in the nation - all in a comfortable setting.

Leadership and Expertise


Lowell General Hospital Receives American Heart Association’s Get With The Guidelines Gold Performance Achievement Award - read more >>

Since opening the Merrimack Valley's first Regional Cardiac Care Center and Catheterization Laboratory in 1991, Lowell General Hospital has taken an active role in providing the most comprehensive range of services for diagnosing and treating cardiovascular disease. In 2006, we were recognized by the American Heart Association as one of only 173 hospitals in the country for its performance achievement in cardiac patient care.

You can turn to The Heart and Vascular Center at Lowell General Hospital for rapid access to advanced cardiovascular care and be confident in receiving exceptionally high quality care backed by a reputation of:

  • The region's first and most experienced cardiac catheterization laboratory for the diagnosis and treatment of coronary artery disease.
  • The first community hospital in Massachusetts to successfully perform primary angioplasty, the most effective, emergency treatment for a heart attack victim.
  • The first community hospital in Massachusetts (under the MASS COMM clinical trial ) to successfully perform non-emergency angioplasty, a lifesaving procedure that can stop a heart attack before it happens.
  • Providing the community's only electrophysiology (EP) program, mapping the heart's electrical impulses to determine the causes of irregular heartbeat and for implanting cardiac defibrillators.
  • Offering the region's first and only Enhanced External Counterpulsation (EECP) program to provide non-surgical treatment for relief of angina.
  • Caring for cardiac patients in a 12-bed state-of-the-art Intensive Care Unit and newly renovated 18-bed Intermediate Care Unit to provide exceptional critical care and monitoring of our cardiac patients in a comfortable setting for recovery.
  • The area's most trusted Cardiac Rehabilitation program offering a comprehensive step-program for the transition from monitored to independent cardiac exercise.
  • Providing early intervention programs for those at risk for cardiovascular diseases.

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