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Missouri Baptist Healthcare Foundation will host its annual Missouri Baptist Heart Center Symposium in February

As a designated Level 1 Time Critical Diagnosis ST-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) Center, Missouri Baptist Medical Center treats some of the region's most complex cardiovascular cases. In addition to its role as a Level 1 STEMI center, Missouri Baptist is a comprehensive cardiology center, offering a leading electrophysiology program.

Patients come to Missouri Baptist for a full range of cardiovascular care, from diagnostics and interventions for heart and peripheral vascular conditions to treatments for structural heart issues. Missouri Baptist also offers specialized electrophysiology services including studies, ablations and the placement of pacemakers and implantable cardioverter-defibrillators.

Every February, Missouri Baptist Medical Center’s Missouri Baptist Healthcare Foundation partners with WashU School of Medicine to host its annual Missouri Baptist Heart Center Symposium. The symposium is an educational conference open to all medical staff across health service organizations outside of BJC Health System. Its purpose is to educate providers and provide Continuing Medical Education credits to physicians and medical staff.

At the symposium, guests will learn about an array of various cardiovascular topics including pre-hospital cardiac arrest, the clinical diagnosis of cardiogenic shock, and more.

An important offering that helps provide continuing education on complex cardiovascular cases for cardiologists, Emergency Department physicians, primary care physicians, hospitalists, frontline professionals, nurses and more. 

Learn more about the Missouri Baptist Heart Center Symposium.

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