What's Your Heart's Real Age?
Are you young at heart? Or have lifestyle factors or family history made your heart old beyond your years?
Take Merit Health's free heart risk assessment to find out your heart's relative age and to learn more about your personal risk factors. You'll also receive tips to help you take control of your heart health and an instant report to share with your doctor.
Taking good care of your heart can help reduce your risk of heart disease and help you live a long and healthy life. The heart care team at Merit Health is with you every step of the way - from preventive screenings and lifestyle support, through minimally invasive treatments and life-saving emergency care.
Why Choose Us?
Taking good care of your heart can help reduce your risk of heart disease and help you live a long and healthy life. The Merit Health heart care team is with you every step of the way, from preventive screenings and lifestyle support through minimally invasive treatments and life-saving emergency care.
- Merit Health has two hospitals designated as Accredited Chest Pain Centers by the American College of Cardiology.
- We provide a complete spectrum of cardiac services, including emergency care, diagnostic and interventional cardiology, cardiac surgery and rehabilitation.
Our Services Include:
- Diagnostic and imaging technology to find heart disease early, when it's most treatable
- Open heart surgery
- Comprehensive heart failure care
- Specialized treatment for heart rhythm disorders
- Heart and vascular rehabilitation that combines education, support and exercise therapy
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