Interventional Program
State-of-the-art angiography suites are available at both our Walnut Creek and Concord Medical Centers. Expert cardiovascular physicians are on staff at both medical centers.
Learn more about our treatments:
- Angiography, Angiogram, and Arteriogram
- Angioplasty (also known as Balloon Procedure, PTCA, PTA)
- Complex coronary interventional procedures
- Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator (ICD)
- Stent and Drug Eluting Stent (DES)
- Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement (TAVR)
- Transcatheter Mitral Valve Repair (TMVR)
- WATCHMANTM
Robotic Angioplasty
We are proud to have the first robotic angioplasty system in Northern California
KGO Video: New Stent Device Opens Blocked Arteries In Heart Patients
Doctors in the Bay Area have created a new stent device aimed to unclog arteries in heart patients that disappears when the job is done.
View Arlene Skuba's story on surviving a heart attack
Awards & Recognition
2019 Chest Pain-MI Registry
John Muir Health has demonstrated sustained achievement in Chest Pain ̶ MI Registry™ for eight consecutive quarters and met high performance standards for specific performance measures to receive this 2019 award.
2019 Get with the Guidelines - Heart Failure
Walnut Creek Medical Center has earned the 2019 Get With The Guidelines® - Heart Failure Gold Plus Quality Achievement Award.
Hospitals receiving Get With The Guidelines® Gold Plus Achievement Award have reached an aggressive goal of treating patients with 85 percent or higher compliance to core standard levels of care as outlined by the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association® for 2 consecutive calendar years. In addition, those hospitals have demonstrated 75 percent compliance to (four out of ten heart failure quality measures or seven out of ten stroke quality measures) during the 12-month period.
2019 Get with the Guidelines - Stroke
Walnut Creek and Concord Medical Centers have earned the 2019 Get With The Guidelines® - Stroke Gold Plus Quality Achievement Award and also qualified for recognition on the Target: Stroke Elite Plus Honor Roll.
Hospitals receiving Get With The Guidelines® Gold Plus Achievement Award have reached an aggressive goal of treating patients with 85 percent or higher compliance to core standard levels of care as outlined by the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association® for 2 consecutive calendar years. In addition, those hospitals have demonstrated 75 percent compliance to (four out of ten heart failure quality measures or seven out of ten stroke quality measures) during the 12-month period.
Hospitals achieving Time to Intravenous Thrombolytic Therapy ≤ 60 minutes in 75 percent or more of applicable acute ischemic stroke patients treated with IV tPA AND door-to-needle time. Time to Intravenous Thrombolytic Therapy within 45 minutes in 50 percent of applicable acute ischemic stroke patients treated with IV tPA to improve quality of patient care and outcomes.
California Report on Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Surgery
“Better” than the State Average in CABG Mortaility Outcomes – The California Report on Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Surgery 2015-2016 Hospital and Surgeon Data
2019 U.S. News & World Report
For the third straight year, Concord Medical Center was one of only 57 hospitals nationwide (approximately 1%) to receive a high-performing rating in the following adult procedures and conditions -- Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Repair, Aortic Valve Surgery, Heart Bypass Surgery and Heart Failure.
2019 Healthgrades Quality Recognition
Concord Medical Center received a 2019 Quality Recognition from Healthgrades, ranking among America's Top 50 Hospitals for Cardiac Surgery. This represents the top 1% of hospitals in the United States. Healthgrades America’s Best Hospitals™ is based solely on clinical quality outcomes for 32 conditions and procedures. This premier distinction rewards hospitals that consistently exhibit exceptional, comprehensive quality care.
2018 U.S. News & World Report Top Hospital
Since 2010, our hospitals have been included the annual list of America’s Best Hospitals, as well as rated as high-performing in Cardiology & Heart Surgery.
2018 Action Registry
Concord Medical Center has demonstrated sustained achievement in ACTION Registry® for eight consecutive quarters and met high performance standards for specific heart attack performance measures to receive this 2018 award.
2018 Becker's Hospital Review
Becker's Healthcare, a leading source of news and information for health care leaders, recently named Concord Medical Center in their 2018 list of the "100 hospitals and health systems with great heart programs.” Concord Medical Center was one of only seven hospitals to receive this honor in Northern California and one of only three community hospitals to be recognized.
Blue Distinction Center Designation
Concord Medical Center is recognized as Blue Distinction Center for Cardiac Care.