Cardiology
Heart care to help you live your healthiest life.
If you have questions about your heart health but aren’t sure where to begin, start with a heart health assessment and learn more about risks you may have for heart-related conditions.
Our Cardiac Services
Frye Regional Medical Center is a leader in advanced cardiology care in Hickory. The multi-disciplinary cardiology team at Frye Regional Medical Center offers an integrated approach to heart care that spans the spectrum from prevention and diagnostic care to the latest in surgical treatments and rehabilitation. We are here providing quality heart care, close to home, when you need it most.
Conditions we manage and treat:
- Coronary artery disease (narrowing of the coronary arteries)
- Heart valve disease
- Peripheral artery disease
- Congestive heart failure
- Arrhythmias
- Supraventricular Tachycardia (SVT)
- Ventricular Tachycardia (VT)
- Atrial fibrillation
- Bradycardia
- Congenital heart defects
- Vascular disease
Recognized for Quality
The Frye Regional Heart Center is recognized for the quality of its program with numerous awards and recognitions, including:
Frye Regional Medical Center earned the High Performing Hospital ratings for Heart Attack and Heart Failure in recognition of care that was significantly better than the national average, as measured by factors such as patient outcomes.
Quality Awards
- Duke Heart Affiliation 2016 - Backed by the resources of Duke Heart, Frye Regional gains access to the most current Duke training and staff education, evidence-based guidelines and practices when it comes to heart and heart-related issues.
- Mission: Lifeline® Gold Receiving Quality Achievement Award - Recognizing Frye Regional for implementing specific quality improvement measures outlined by the American Heart Association for the treatment of patients who suffer severe heart attacks.
- American Heart Association Get With The Guidelines®-Heart Failure Gold Plus Quality Achievement Award - Recognizing Frye Regional for ensuring that heart failure patients receive the most appropriate treatment according to nationally recognized, research-based guidelines.
- American Heart Association/American Stroke Association's Get With The Guidelines®-Stroke Gold Plus Quality Achievement Award with Target: StrokeSM Honor Roll Elite - Recognizing Frye Regional's commitment to ensuring stroke patients receive the most appropriate stroke treatment according to nationally recognized, research-based guidelines.
- Mission: Lifeline® NSTEMI Gold Quality Achievement Award - Recognizing Frye Regional for implementing specific quality improvement measures outlined by the American Heart Association for the treatment of patients who suffer heart attacks.
- American College of Cardiology Cardiac Cath Lab Accreditation with PCI for its demonstrated skill and commitment in treating patients who come to the cardiac cath lab for care, including diagnostic catheterizations and percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) procedures.
- American College of Cardiology’s NCDR Chest Pain - MI Registry Platinum Performance Achievement Award for 2023 recognizes Frye Regional’s commitment and success in implementing a higher standard of care for heart attack patients and signifies that Frye Regional Medical Center has reached an aggressive goal of treating these patients to standard levels of care as outlined by the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association clinical guidelines and recommendations.
- The American College of Cardiology launched HeartCARE Center: National Distinction of Excellence to recognize institutions that have demonstrated commitment to exceptional cardiovascular care, process improvement, and sustainable quality improvement through participation in multiple ACC Accreditation and/or NCDR programs. Frye Regional Medical Center's Heart Center has been awarded the HeartCARE Center: National Distinction of Excellence (2021).
Accreditations
- The Joint Commission Advanced Heart Failure Accreditation
- The Joint Commission Primary Stroke Center Certification
- Chest Pain Center with PCI Accreditation