Contact Butler Health System Butler Health System Butler Health System
About BHS Featured Services Education BHS Foundation Careers News Physician Directory

Featured Services
Overview
HeartCenter
Overview
Catheterization Lab
Open-Heart Surgery
Diabetes Management
General Surgery
Center for Pain Relief
Butler Regional Recovery Program
Outpatient Rehabilitation Services
Women's Services
Orthopedic Surgery
Benbrook Medical Center
Back and Neck Center
Center for Wound Care
BHS WholeHealth



Butler Memorial Hospital is proud to announce that it has been recently recognized as a Get With The Guidelines hospital for coronary heart disease and stroke. Read more

About the HeartCenter

Our HeartCenter is a state-of-the-art center where complex open-heart surgeries and interventional and diagnostic cardiac catheterizations are performed daily.

The HeartCenter was created in 1998 in response to the findings of the hospital's community health assessment. These findings showed that a high percentage of Butler County residents with serious cardiovascular diseases were being sent to Pittsburgh for care, many times delaying treatment.

All told, about 3,000 patients came through our HeartCenter's doors last year. About 85% of those people were treated in our cath lab, and the other 15% were treated through open-heart surgery.

Get With The Guidelines

Butler Memorial Hospital has been recognized as a Get With The Guidelines hospital for coronary heart disease and stroke.

Get With The Guidelines is the premier, hospital-based, quality-improvement program from the American Heart Association and the American Stroke Association. It empowers healthcare providers to consistently treat heart and stroke patients according to the most up-to-date guidelines. Get With The Guidelines helps ensure continuous improvement of heart attack and stroke treatment and prevention.

For more information about heart disease, including risk factors and steps you can take to minimize your risk, visit the Get With The Guidelines website.

Five-Star Rating

For three years, we've been nationally recognized with a five-star rating for excellence in coronary bypass surgery - the top rating a hospital can receive.

Patient Outcomes and Satisfaction

Most patients who have catheterizations or open-heart surgery in our HeartCenter experience
  • Improved heart function,
  • Improved activity level, and
  • Lowered risk of heart attack in the future.
And we stay in touch with our patients through post-surgery follow-up calls.

Comprehensive Evaluation and Procedure

Patients who come to our HeartCenter are first thoroughly tested. A team of surgeons and cardiologists evaluates those tests and determines the best course of action.

We've become the preferred hospital in this region for heart procedures, including
  • Diagnostic and interventional heart catheterizations, and
  • Open-heart surgeries, which include
    • Cardiac bypass,
    • Off-pump cardiac bypass, and
    • Heart valve repair and replacement.
And the reason we've become a nationally recognized regional center?

Our People

Dr. George Davliakos, the medical director of open-heart surgery at our HeartCenter, points to our people.
  • Cardiologists
  • Surgeons
  • Nurses
  • Case managers
  • Cardiac rehab therapists
  • Anesthesiologists
  • Perfusionists
  • Technicians
  • Physician's assistants
They're the reason why our heart program continues to gain national recognition and perform so well.

"To get these results, everybody on the whole team has to be good and all of their work has to be high quality," Dr. Davliakos said.

"That's why we achieve the results we do. Everybody on the team is excellent and cares about what they do and wants to make sure the patients do well."

Notice of Privacy Practices | Site Use Agreement | Contact Us | Employee Login