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surgery expansion designed by Artekna for Riverview in 1990 included a
room for open heart surgery and shell space for open heart recovery;
however, the open heart program was not initiated until 2001. This
project involved the construction of a 5-bed open heart recovery suite
within the shell space, a new nuclear cardiology department, a second
cardiac catheterization lab, a cardiology short stay suite, and a
cardiology waiting room.
The development of the open
heart program has been very successful for Riverview and has allowed
them to effectively compete with the nearby Indianapolis cardiology
programs.
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