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CARDIAC FACILITIES GROWING IN REGION.


Byline: SUE DOYLE Staff Writer

SANTA CLARITA Santa Clarita, city (1990 pop. 110,642), Los Angeles co., S Calif., suburb 30 mi (48 km) NW of downtown Los Angeles, on the Santa Clara River; inc. 1987. Situated in the Santa Clara valley and nearby canyons, Santa Clarita includes the former towns of Canyon Country,  -- A growing senior-citizen population in the Santa Clarita, Antelope and northern San Fernando valleys has led to the expansion of cardiac facilities at some local hospitals.

Most recent was expansion at Providence Holy Cross Medical Center Providence Holy Cross Medical Center is a hospital in Mission Hills, California, USA. The hospital has 254 beds, and is part of Providence Health & Services. History  on a second cardiac-catheterization laboratory, where ailing heart patients find specialized treatments, such as angioplasty, which has reduced the number of open-heart surgeries.

A significant number of residents from the Santa Clarita Valley The Santa Clarita Valley is the valley of the Santa Clara River in Southern California. It stretches through Los Angeles County and Ventura County. Its main population center is the city of Santa Clarita. The valley was part of the 48,612-acre (19,672.  seeking these less-invasive medical treatments contributed to the hospital's expansion, said hospital spokesman Dan Boyle Dan Boyle may refer to:
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. Holy Cross had opened its second cardiac lab in November 2005.

``In general, the populations in both the Santa Clarita and northern San Fernando valleys are getting older as people live longer,'' Boyle said. ``We're seeing it not only in cardiac issues, but diabetes is another thing, because it tends to strike senior populations.''

Santa Clarita Valley residents, from 2000 to 2004, needed 584 cardiology procedures -- from angioplasty to pacemaker implants. About 204 of those procedures were done at Holy Cross, said Boyle, who referenced the statistics from the Office of Statewide Planning and Development.

In a $47.9 million construction project, Lancaster's Antelope Valley This article is about the Los Angeles County region. For the census-designated place in Wyoming, see Antelope Valley-Crestview, Wyoming.

The Antelope Valley
 Hospital will also add a second cardiac catheterization Cardiac Catheterization Definition

Cardiac catheterization (also called heart catheterization) is a diagnostic procedure which does a comprehensive examination of how the heart and its blood vessels function.
 laboratory, in addition to expanding its emergency room and ICU ICU intensive care unit.

ICU
abbr.
intensive care unit



ICU

see intensive care unit.

ICU 
.

With only two hospitals to serve the Antelope Valley's growing population of about 400,000, though a third is planned, officials saw the increased demand for these cardiac services with its current population and with forecasts for the future, said Jackie Weder, marketing director.

``Even though we are continuing to grow, as more people are moving into the Antelope Valley, people are getting older,'' Weder said. ``That's where the need lies.''

Weder said the hospital has also witnessed an increased need for orthopedic services, such as those for knee and hip replacements.

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