Acute Myocardial Infarction (Heart Attack)

A heart attack is called a myocardial infarction. Myocardial means heart muscle, and infarction means an area of tissue death due to lack of blood supply. Heart attacks occur when an artery to the heart (a coronary artery) becomes blocked. A heart attack is a life-and-death emergency. According to the American Heart Association, if a heart attack victim gets to an emergency room fast enough, prompt care dramatically reduces heart damage. Research findings have resulted in detailed practice guidelines covering all phases of heart attack management. However, administrative data do not indicate how quickly the patient began receiving medical treatment.
 

State total in cases: 36,253
State risk-adjusted mortality rate: 7.0%
National risk-adjusted mortality rate: 8.2% (*)

There are 290 hospitals in this table.

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 State Avg.
 Anderson          
  Palestine          
Palestine Regional Medical Center(29 : )
 Angelina          
  Lufkin          
Memorial Medical Center East Texas(133 : 6.1% , 16.1%) (11.1%)
Woodland Heights Medical Center(141 : 3.0% , 12.2%) (7.6%)
 Atascosa          
  Jourdanton          
South Texas Regional Medical Center(32 : 0.0% , 13.5%) (6.2%)
 Bastrop          
  Bastrop          
Lakeside Hospital Bastrop(<5 : )
  Smithville          
Smithville Regional Hospital(<5 : )
 Bee          
  Beeville          
CHRISTUS Spohn Hospital-Beeville(<5 : )
 Bell          
  Killeen          
Metroplex Hospital(54 : 0.8% , 13.5%) (7.1%)
  Temple          
Kings Daughters Hospital(17 : )
Scott & White Memorial Hospital(616 : 2.7% , 6.9%) (4.8%)
 Bexar          
  San Antonio          
Baptist Medical Center(450 : 4.2% , 9.0%) (6.6%)
CHRISTUS Santa Rosa Hospital(154 : 4.3% , 11.6%) (8.0%)
CHRISTUS Santa Rosa Medical Center(94 : 4.2% , 15.7%) (10.0%)
Methodist Hospital(463 : 4.4% , 9.0%) (6.7%)
Methodist Specialty & Transplant Hospital(49 : 1.3% , 12.0%) (6.6%)
Metropolitan Methodist Hospital(213 : 3.8% , 11.2%) (7.5%)
Nix Health Care System(65 : 0.0% , 7.6%) (2.9%)
North Central Baptist Hospital(225 : 5.2% , 10.8%) (8.0%)
Northeast Baptist Hospital(353 : 1.6% , 6.8%) (4.2%)
Northeast Methodist Hospital(232 : 2.3% , 8.4%) (5.3%)
Select Specialty Hospital-San Antonio(<5 : )
Southeast Baptist Hospital(109 : 0.0% , 5.8%) (2.4%)
Southwest General Hospital(45 : 2.2% , 12.9%) (7.6%)
St Lukes Baptist Hospital(183 : 3.8% , 11.0%) (7.4%)
Texsan Heart Hospital(522 : 3.7% , 9.3%) (6.5%)
University Hospital(172 : 2.1% , 12.3%) (7.2%)
 Bowie          
  Texarkana          
CHRISTUS St Michael Health System(501 : 3.8% , 8.2%) (6.0%)
Wadley Regional Medical Center(174 : 3.0% , 11.9%) (7.4%)
 Brazoria          
  Angleton          
Angleton Danbury Medical Center(9 : )
  Lake Jackson          
Brazosport Regional Health System(51 : 3.8% , 14.0%) (8.9%)
 Brazos          
  Bryan          
St Joseph Regional Health Center(294 : 4.7% , 11.3%) (8.0%)
  College Station          
College Station Medical Center(101 : 5.5% , 16.3%) (10.9%)
 Brewster          
  Alpine          
Big Bend Regional Medical Center(<5 : )
 Brown          
  Brownwood          
Brownwood Regional Medical Center(5 : )
 Burnet          
  Burnet          
Seton Highland Lakes(6 : )
 Caldwell          
  Luling          
Seton Edgar B Davis(6 : )
Warm Springs Specialty Hospital-Luling(<5 : )
 Cameron          
  Brownsville          
Valley Baptist Medical Center-Brownsville(214 : 3.5% , 9.2%) (6.4%)
Valley Regional Medical Center(169 : 0.1% , 7.1%) (3.6%)
  Harlingen          
Harlingen Medical Center(117 : 0.0% , 6.7%) (2.7%)
Valley Baptist Medical Center(265 : 5.4% , 10.4%) (7.9%)
 Camp          
  Pittsburg          
East Texas Medical Center-Pittsburg(<5 : )
 Cass          
  Linden          
Good Shepherd Medical Center-Linden(<5 : )
 Cherokee          
  Jacksonville          
East Texas Medical Center-Jacksonville(14 : )
Mother Frances Hospital-Jacksonville(<5 : )
 Collin          
  Allen          
Presbyterian Hospital-Allen(6 : )
  Frisco          
Centennial Medical Center(46 : 2.1% , 14.4%) (8.3%)
  McKinney          
Medical Center-McKinney(219 : 2.7% , 9.0%) (5.8%)
  Plano          
Baylor Regional Medical Center-Plano(58 : 0.0% , 10.2%) (5.0%)
Heart Hospital Baylor Plano(108 : 0.0% , 15.0%) (5.8%)
Medical Center-Plano(191 : 3.6% , 11.5%) (7.5%)
Presbyterian Hospital-Plano(192 : 1.3% , 9.5%) (5.4%)
 Comanche          
  Comanche          
Comanche County Medical Center(7 : )
 Cooke          
  Gainesville          
North Texas Medical Center(22 : )
 Coryell          
  Gatesville          
Coryell Memorial Hospital(11 : )
 Dallas          
  Dallas          
Baylor Heart & Vascular Center(202 : 0.0% , 9.7%) (0.0%)
Baylor Specialty Hospital(<5 : )
Baylor University Medical Center(541 : 6.4% , 10.6%) (8.5%)
Doctors Hospital-White Rock Lake(164 : 2.8% , 10.5%) (6.7%)
LifeCare Hospital-Dallas(<5 : )
Medical City Dallas Hospital(170 : 3.9% , 12.6%) (8.3%)
Methodist Charlton Medical Center(252 : 6.6% , 11.8%) (9.2%)
Methodist Dallas Medical Center(288 : 3.2% , 9.9%) (6.6%)
Parkland Memorial Hospital(283 : 0.8% , 8.7%) (4.7%)
Presbyterian Hospital-Dallas(309 : 8.4% , 15.3%) (11.8%)
Texas Hospital for Advanced Medicine(81 : 1.7% , 12.0%) (6.8%)
UT Southwestern University Hospital-St Paul(152 : 1.5% , 9.8%) (5.7%)
UT Southwestern University Hospital-Zale Li..(<5 : )
  DeSoto          
Select Specialty Hospital-South Dallas(<5 : )
  Garland          
Baylor Medical Center-Garland(204 : 6.4% , 14.4%) (10.4%)
  Irving          
Baylor Medical Center-Irving(241 : 0.9% , 7.8%) (4.3%)
Las Colinas Medical Center(20 : )
  Mesquite          
Dallas Regional Medical Center(161 : 9.2% , 17.3%) (13.3%)
  Richardson          
Methodist Richardson Medical Center(136 : 4.4% , 12.2%) (8.3%)
 Denton          
  Carrollton          
Select Specialty Hospital-Dallas(<5 : )
Trinity Medical Center(20 : )
  Denton          
Denton Regional Medical Center(257 : 2.5% , 10.9%) (6.7%)
Presbyterian Hospital-Denton(148 : 3.4% , 12.4%) (7.9%)
  Lewisville          
Medical Center-Lewisville(20 : )
 DeWitt          
  Cuero          
Cuero Community Hospital(14 : )
 Ector          
  Odessa          
Medical Center Hospital(415 : 5.0% , 10.3%) (7.7%)
Odessa Regional Medical Center-6th Street(<5 : )
 El Paso          
  El Paso          
Del Sol Medical Center(246 : 3.0% , 8.7%) (5.9%)
East El Paso Physicians Medical Center(15 : )
Las Palmas Medical Center(119 : 4.2% , 12.9%) (8.6%)
Mesa Hills Specialty Hospital(<5 : )
Providence Memorial Hospital(164 : 2.5% , 9.9%) (6.2%)
R E Thomason General Hospital(93 : 0.0% , 9.8%) (4.0%)
Sierra Medical Center(165 : 4.6% , 12.2%) (8.4%)
 Ellis          
  Ennis          
Ennis Regional Medical Center(7 : )
  Waxahachie          
Baylor Medical Center-Waxahachie(23 : )
 Erath          
  Stephenville          
Harris Methodist-Erath County(29 : )
 Falls          
  Marlin          
Falls Community Hospital & Clinic(<5 : )
 Fannin          
  Bonham          
Red River Regional Hospital(28 : )
 Fort Bend          
  Richmond          
Oakbend Medical Center(27 : )
  Sugar Land          
Memorial Hermann Sugar Land(12 : )
Methodist Sugar Land Hospital(29 : )
Sugar Land Rehab Hospital(<5 : )
Triumph Hospital-Southwest(<5 : )
 Franklin          
  Mount Vernon          
East Texas Medical Center-Mount Vernon(<5 : )
 Freestone          
  Fairfield          
East Texas Medical Center-Fairfield(9 : )
 Galveston          
  Galveston          
UT Medical Branch Hospital(318 : 5.6% , 12.0%) (8.8%)
  Texas City          
Mainland Medical Center(96 : 3.7% , 11.5%) (7.6%)
 Gillespie          
  Fredericksburg          
Hill Country Memorial Hospital(9 : )
 Gray          
  Pampa          
Pampa Regional Medical Center(34 : 6.1% , 27.0%) (16.6%)
 Grayson          
  Sherman          
Texoma Medical Center(188 : 1.0% , 9.2%) (5.1%)
Wilson N Jones Medical Center(223 : 2.9% , 10.0%) (6.4%)
 Gregg          
  Longview          
Good Shepherd Medical Center(506 : 3.0% , 7.7%) (5.4%)
Longview Regional Medical Center(98 : 3.1% , 12.8%) (8.0%)
 Grimes          
  Navasota          
Grimes St Joseph Health Center(5 : )
 Guadalupe          
  Seguin          
Guadalupe Regional Medical Center(29 : )
 Hale          
  Plainview          
Covenant Hospital-Plainview(5 : )
 Harris          
  Baytown          
San Jacinto Methodist Hospital(175 : 1.0% , 7.7%) (4.3%)
  Channelview          
Triumph Hospital-East Houston(8 : )
  Cypress          
North Cypress Medical Center(78 : 0.0% , 9.5%) (3.1%)
  Houston          
Ben Taub General Hospital(124 : 7.7% , 21.5%) (14.6%)
Cypress Fairbanks Medical Center(136 : 0.8% , 10.3%) (5.6%)
Doctors Hospital-Parkway(29 : )
Doctors Hospital-Tidwell(58 : 0.0% , 7.4%) (1.4%)
East Houston Regional Medical Center(127 : 2.2% , 9.8%) (6.0%)
Houston Northwest Medical Center(361 : 2.9% , 8.5%) (5.7%)
Kindred Hospital(<5 : )
Kindred Hospital-Houston(<5 : )
Lyndon B Johnson General Hospital(89 : 2.7% , 14.0%) (8.3%)
Memorial Hermann Hospital(556 : 5.8% , 10.3%) (8.1%)
Memorial Hermann Memorial City Medical Cent..(293 : 5.7% , 11.3%) (8.5%)
Memorial Hermann Northwest Hospital(165 : 3.8% , 10.3%) (7.0%)
Memorial Hermann Southeast Hospital(260 : 4.6% , 10.1%) (7.3%)
Memorial Hermann Southwest Hospital(471 : 5.8% , 10.2%) (8.0%)
Methodist Hospital(742 : 4.6% , 7.8%) (6.2%)
Methodist Willowbrook Hospital(104 : 0.0% , 9.4%) (4.3%)
Park Plaza Hospital(48 : 5.7% , 16.0%) (10.8%)
Spring Branch Medical Center(101 : 3.1% , 13.1%) (8.1%)
St Joseph Medical Center(124 : 6.5% , 14.0%) (10.2%)
St Lukes Episcopal Hospital(651 : 3.2% , 7.2%) (5.2%)
Triumph Hospital-Central Houston(<5 : )
Triumph Hospital-North Houston(6 : )
Triumph Hospital-Northwest(<5 : )
UT MD Anderson Cancer Center(14 : )
West Houston Medical Center(174 : 4.2% , 10.4%) (7.3%)
  Humble          
Memorial Hermann Northeast(92 : 1.4% , 8.3%) (4.9%)
  Katy          
CHRISTUS St Catherine Hospital(91 : 0.0% , 8.8%) (1.9%)
Memorial Hermann Katy Hospital(58 : 0.0% , 8.7%) (3.9%)
  Kingwood          
Kingwood Medical Center(113 : 1.9% , 13.5%) (7.7%)
  Nassau Bay          
CHRISTUS St John Hospital(114 : 2.0% , 10.3%) (6.1%)
  Pasadena          
Bayshore Medical Center(186 : 6.5% , 13.5%) (10.0%)
Patients Medical Center(5 : )
  Tomball          
Tomball Regional Hospital(238 : 4.5% , 10.3%) (7.4%)
  Webster          
Clear Lake Regional Medical Center(433 : 2.9% , 7.5%) (5.2%)
Triumph Hospital-Clearlake(5 : )
 Harrison          
  Marshall          
Good Shepherd Medical Center-Marshall(19 : )
 Hays          
  San Marcos          
Central Texas Medical Center(38 : 4.4% , 18.0%) (11.2%)
 Henderson          
  Athens          
East Texas Medical Center-Athens(64 : 2.9% , 14.7%) (8.8%)
 Hidalgo          
  Edinburg          
Doctors Hospital-Renaissance(307 : 4.9% , 10.3%) (7.6%)
Edinburg Regional Medical Center(55 : 1.7% , 9.9%) (5.8%)
  McAllen          
LifeCare Hospital-South Texas(<5 : )
McAllen Medical Center(444 : 2.5% , 7.7%) (5.1%)
Rio Grande Regional Hospital(182 : 6.9% , 13.3%) (10.1%)
  Mission          
Mission Regional Medical Center(95 : 4.3% , 12.0%) (8.1%)
  Weslaco          
Knapp Medical Center(38 : 7.6% , 18.3%) (12.9%)
 Hill          
  Hillsboro          
Hill Regional Hospital(13 : )
  Whitney          
Lake Whitney Medical Center(<5 : )
 Hockley          
  Levelland          
Covenant Hospital-Levelland(<5 : )
 Hood          
  Granbury          
Lake Granbury Medical Center(7 : )
 Hopkins          
  Sulphur Springs          
Hopkins County Memorial Hospital(7 : )
 Houston          
  Crockett          
East Texas Medical Center-Crockett(12 : )
 Howard          
  Big Spring          
Scenic Mountain Medical Center(10 : )
 Hunt          
  Commerce          
Hunt Regional Medical Center-Commerce(<5 : )
  Greenville          
Hunt Regional Medical Center-Greenville(38 : 1.3% , 12.8%) (7.0%)
 Jasper          
  Jasper          
CHRISTUS Jasper Memorial Hospital(8 : )
 Jefferson          
  Beaumont          
Baptist Hospitals of Southeast Texas(247 : 4.8% , 11.9%) (8.4%)
CHRISTUS Hospital(296 : 2.1% , 8.3%) (5.2%)
  Port Arthur          
CHRISTUS Hospital-St Mary(106 : 2.7% , 13.6%) (8.2%)
Medical Center-Southeast Texas(130 : 2.4% , 11.3%) (6.8%)
 Jim Wells          
  Alice          
CHRISTUS Spohn Hospital-Alice(51 : 0.0% , 7.7%) (2.4%)
 Johnson          
  Cleburne          
Walls Regional Hospital(13 : )
 Kaufman          
  Kaufman          
Presbyterian Hospital-Kaufman(30 : 8.4% , 20.5%) (14.5%)
  Terrell          
Renaissance Hospital Terrell(48 : 0.0% , 9.6%) (2.1%)
 Kerr          
  Kerrville          
Peterson Regional Medical Center(13 : )
 Kleberg          
  Kingsville          
CHRISTUS Spohn Hospital-Kleberg(<5 : )
 Lamar          
  Paris          
Paris Regional Medical Center South Campus(145 : 4.5% , 14.3%) (9.4%)
 Lampasas          
  Lampasas          
Rollins Brooks Community Hospital(9 : )
 Lavaca          
  Yoakum          
Yoakum Community Hospital(18 : )
 Liberty          
  Cleveland          
Cleveland Regional Medical Center(24 : )
 Limestone          
  Mexia          
Parkview Regional Hospital(12 : )
 Llano          
  Llano          
Llano Memorial Hospital(<5 : )
 Lubbock          
  Lubbock          
Covenant Medical Center(605 : 4.8% , 9.0%) (6.9%)
Grace Medical Center(<5 : )
Lubbock Heart Hospital(230 : 0.0% , 7.3%) (2.9%)
University Medical Center(283 : 9.0% , 16.4%) (12.7%)
 Matagorda          
  Bay City          
Matagorda General Hospital(26 : )
 Maverick          
  Eagle Pass          
Fort Duncan Regional Medical Center(34 : 2.2% , 14.3%) (8.2%)
 McLennan          
  Waco          
Hillcrest Baptist Medical Center(215 : 5.4% , 11.7%) (8.5%)
Providence Health Center(355 : 4.8% , 10.4%) (7.6%)
 Medina          
  Hondo          
Medina Community Hospital(<5 : )
 Midland          
  Midland          
Midland Memorial Hospital(223 : 2.9% , 10.9%) (6.9%)
 Milam          
  Cameron          
Central Texas Hospital(7 : )
  Rockdale          
Richards Memorial Hospital(7 : )
 Mitchell          
  Colorado City          
Mitchell County Hospital(<5 : )
 Montague          
  Bowie          
Bowie Memorial Hospital(10 : )
 Montgomery          
  Conroe          
Conroe Regional Medical Center(412 : 4.1% , 9.3%) (6.7%)
  Shenandoah          
Nexus Specialty Hospital Shenandoah Campus(<5 : )
  The Woodlands          
Memorial Hermann The Woodlands Hospital(95 : 0.0% , 7.7%) (3.3%)
St Lukes Community Medical Center-The Woodl..(119 : 3.5% , 12.6%) (8.0%)
 Moore          
  Dumas          
Memorial Hospital(<5 : )
 Nacogdoches          
  Nacogdoches          
Nacogdoches Medical Center(74 : 0.9% , 12.2%) (6.5%)
Nacogdoches Memorial Hospital(87 : 0.7% , 11.8%) (6.2%)
 Navarro          
  Corsicana          
Navarro Regional Hospital(22 : )
 Nueces          
  Corpus Christi          
CHRISTUS Spohn Hospital Corpus Christi(157 : 2.9% , 10.8%) (6.9%)
CHRISTUS Spohn Hospital Corpus Christi-Shor..(566 : 4.2% , 8.5%) (6.4%)
CHRISTUS Spohn Hospital Corpus Christi-Sout..(22 : )
Corpus Christi Medical Center-Bay Area(<5 : )
Corpus Christi Medical Center-Doctors Regio..(136 : 3.2% , 11.6%) (7.4%)
Corpus Christi Medical Center-Heart Hospita..(164 : 5.8% , 15.7%) (10.7%)
Dubuis Hospital-Corpus Christi(<5 : )
 Orange          
  Orange          
Memorial Hermann Baptist Orange Hospital(18 : )
 Palo Pinto          
  Mineral Wells          
Palo Pinto General Hospital(12 : )
 Panola          
  Carthage          
East Texas Medical Center-Carthage(13 : )
 Parker          
  Weatherford          
Weatherford Regional Medical Center(26 : )
 Polk          
  Livingston          
Memorial Medical Center-Livingston(11 : )
 Potter          
  Amarillo          
Baptist St Anthonys Health System-Baptist C..(421 : 3.2% , 9.0%) (6.1%)
Northwest Texas Hospital(324 : 6.4% , 12.8%) (9.6%)
 Red River          
  Clarksville          
East Texas Medical Center-Clarksville(7 : )
 Rockwall          
  Rowlett          
Lake Pointe Medical Center(42 : 3.7% , 12.5%) (8.1%)
 Runnels          
  Ballinger          
Ballinger Memorial Hospital District(5 : )
 Rusk          
  Henderson          
Henderson Memorial Hospital(10 : )
 San Augustine          
  San Augustine          
Memorial Medical Center-San Augustine(<5 : )
 San Patricio          
  Aransas Pass          
North Bay Hospital(<5 : )
 Smith          
  Tyler          
East Texas Medical Center(760 : 4.3% , 8.3%) (6.3%)
East Texas Medical Center Specialty Hospita..(<5 : )
Mother Frances Hospital(694 : 4.4% , 8.9%) (6.6%)
Tyler Continue Care Hospital-Mother Frances(<5 : )
UT Health Center-Tyler(45 : 0.0% , 13.1%) (3.3%)
 Starr          
  Rio Grande City          
Starr County Memorial Hospital(<5 : )
 Tarrant          
  Arlington          
Arlington Memorial Hospital(257 : 4.5% , 11.1%) (7.8%)
Kindred Hospital-Tarrant County(<5 : )
Medical Center-Arlington(280 : 2.4% , 8.2%) (5.3%)
  Azle          
Harris Methodist-Northwest(17 : )
  Bedford          
Harris Methodist HEB(188 : 4.2% , 12.8%) (8.5%)