Saint Francis Medical Center is pleased to announce construction of a combined Heart Hospital and Cancer Institute, where you will have access to advanced treatments and technology - under one convenient roof. To learn more about this exciting new project and to follow its progress, visit www.MoreForYou.md.

Saint Francis Medical Center's Heart Institute provides advanced diagnostics, leading-edge cardiac intervention and surgeries, emergency care, cardiac rehabilitation, risk assessments for heart disease, vascular disease screenings and educational programs to patients throughout the region. The highly skilled cardiology and cardiothoracic surgery teams at Saint Francis have achieved mortality rates that are 50 percent lower than the national average and discharge many patients within four days.

Saint Francis is a leader in cardiac innovations, being the region's first Medical Center to perform cardiac catheterization, and continues to lead the way in heart care with state-of-the-art procedures. Saint Francis was also selected as the first healthcare institution in the state of Missouri to perform the FDA-approved Diamondback 360°™ procedure for clearing plaque from blocked arteries in the legs of patients. Learn more about this procedure here.

For more information on Saint Francis' Heart Institute, call 573-331-5157 or e-mail sfmc@sfmc.net.