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PMC’s cardiovascular program includes board-certified interventional cardiologists, left to right, Dr. Ravi Rao, Dr. Surya Rao, Dr. Biju Mathews and Dr. Kiran Modi.

Coronary angioplasty is a procedure performed inside a catheterization lab to open clogged arteries.

TITUSVILLE, FLORIDA - The State of Florida Agency for Health Care Administration (AHCA), which regulates hospital services, has granted Parrish Medical Center (PMC) approval to perform elective coronary angioplasty and stenting. This comes just over one year after the medical center sought and earned approval from AHCA to perform these procedures on an emergency basis.

Coronary angioplasty is a procedure performed inside a catheterization lab to open clogged arteries in response to a heart attack. The procedure quickly restores blood flow through blocked arteries without the need for invasive open-heart surgery.

George Mikitarian

“Earning state approval to perform elective angioplasties was our goal over a year ago when we applied for, and earned, emergent approval,” said PMC President/CEO George Mikitarian. “We knew legislation was being considered to expand AHCA rules from emergent to elective, so our team was proactive in developing a world-class cardiovascular program to a level that exceeds national quality best-practices,” said Mikitarian.

“Hospitals everywhere are striving to shorten the time a heart attack patient waits before receiving angioplasty,” said board-certified Interventional Cardiologist Biju Mathews, MD. “Our time-to-treatment not only exceeds national best practices standards, but our team outperforms even those centers with open-heart surgery on-site,” said Mathews.

“The national best practice time-to-treatment goal is 90 minutes. PMC’s time-to-treatment is 60 minutes or less, which is a full 30 minutes better than the best-of-the-best nationally,” added Harvard-trained board-certified Interventional Cardiologist Ravi Rao, MD.

With the advances in technology today, open-heart really is a last-resort intervention,” said Dr. Rao. “A majority of heart interventions and treatments can and are effectively performed in a catheterization suite and we are fortunate to have the newest, state-of-the-art cath suites available anywhere right here at PMC,” Rao added.

PMC’s cardiovascular program includes board-certified interventional cardiologists Chapman Bean, MD, Biju Mathews, MD, and Ravi Rao, MD, and board-certified cardiologists David McMahon, MD, Kiran Modi, MD, Naresh Mody, MD, and Surya Rao, MD.

Parrish Medical Center is a 210-bed, not-for-profit public medical center serving North Brevard, Florida for over 50 years. For more information, visit parrishmed.com or call 321-268-6110.

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