A groundbreaking program, in place at each of the Baptist Health System hospitals, is saving precious time in diagnosing and treating patients suffering a heart attack. Baptist Health System is the first and only system in San Antonio to implement “Heart Alert,” a program that in most cases gets heart attack patients into the cath lab for life-saving treatment in under an hour… well under the national standard of 90-minutes.

Have you ever wondered why some older people can run marathons, while others have a hard time getting up out of a chair? Much of this inconsistency has to do with the way the heart ages.

A groundbreaking program, in place since 2005 at each of the Baptist Health System hospitals, is saving precious time in diagnosing and treating patients suffering a heart attack.

A young, college basketball player was rumored to be a potential top pick in the professional basketball draft. Yet during a game midseason, he experienced arrhythmias (irregular rhythms of the heart's beating).

Each of the five Baptist Health System hospitals has received full Cycle II Chest Pain Center Accreditation from the Society of Chest Pain Centers.

The Amereican's Heart Association's San Antonio Start! Heart Walk was a big success!

Cardiovascular disease is the number one cause of death in the United States. More than 2,500 Americans die from heart disease each day.

St. Luke’s Baptist Hospital is one of the first hospitals in the country using a new robotic catheter system to treat heart rhythm problems that can cause strokes.

May is National Stroke Awareness Month- an opportunity for everyone to learn about stroke prevention, symptom recognition and recovery.