Chest Pain Center
Chest Pain Center
Chest Pain Center
Medical Center of McKinney is certified by the Society of Chest Pain Centers with a full Cycle II with PCI accreditation. The goal of the Society of Chest Pain Centers is to significantly reduce the mortality rate of patients with chest pain by teaching the public to recognize and react to early symptoms of a possible heart attack, reducing the time it takes to receive treatment and increasing accuracy and effectiveness of treatment.
The Chest Pain Center at Medical Center of McKinney has demonstrated its expertise and commitment to quality patient care by meeting or exceeding a wide set of stringent criteria and completing on-site evaluations by a review team from the Society of Chest Pain Centers. Key areas in which a Chest Pain Center must demonstrate expertise include:
- Integrating the emergency department with the local emergency medical system
- Assessing, diagnosing, and treating patients quickly
- Effectively treating patients with low risk for acute coronary syndrome and no assignable cause for their symptoms
- Continually seeking to improve processes and procedures
- Ensuring Chest Pain Center personnel competency and training
- Maintaining organizational structure and commitment
- Having a functional design that promotes optimal patient care
- Supporting community outreach programs that educate the public to promptly seek medical care if they display symptoms of a possible heart attack
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Saleem Akbar, MD
Cardiovascular Physicians of N. Texas
1105 N. Central Expressway
Suite 2230
Allen, TX 75013
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Faizan Iftikhar, MD
Complete Heart Care, PA
2517 Virginia Parkway
Suite 101
McKinney, TX 75071
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Hafiza Khan, MD
Arrhythmia Management
1820 Preston Park Blvd
Ste 1450
Plano, TX 75093
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Teresa Menendez-Hood, MD
North Texas Heart Center
4510 Medical Center Dr.
Ste 303
McKinney, TX 75069
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Locations
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Cardiovascular Physicians of N. Texas
Directions
1105 N. Central Expressway
Suite 2230
Allen, TX 75013
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