• Many cardiac diagnostic procedures are done on an outpatient basis today. This allows St. John's inpatient facilities to focus on higher risk procedures.
  
  
• On-time appointments ensure procedures will not be delayed by the need to insert emergency cases in the place of scheduled diagnostic cases.
  
  
• In addition to two low-radiation catheterization labs, the Prairie Diagnostic Center at St. John's Hospital houses a Phillip's 64-detector CT scanner for heart and vascular diagnosis.

  Improvements to heart and vascular
  care available at PDC:

• A hotel-like environment with flat screen TVs and Wi-Fi internet access for patients and families.
  
  
• Convenient parking next to building.