Cardiovascular disease is the number-one killer of Americans. A person experiencing a heart attack can benefit from access to a system of care that helps restore blood flow to the heart muscle as quickly as possible.
Lancaster Community Hospital is one of 33 STEMI Receiving Centers in Los Angeles County that have been certified by the American Heart Association (AHA). STEMI stands for ST-elevation myocardial infarction, the technical term for a heart attack. In order to be certified by the AHA as a STEMI Receiving Center, a cardiac catheterization lab must work toward the goal of providing treatment to a patient within 90 minutes after a cardiac event occurs. Read more ...