More than 8,000 Coloradans die each year because of heart disease , making it the leading cause of death in the state. To address the growing need of cardiovascular care, a Littleton health center has cut the ribbon at a new facility for these types of patients. While this new institute will provide cardiovascular care much closer to home for many residents, two nurses are also working to save the lives of cardiac patients outside of the hospital's walls.

The AdventHealth Heart and Vascular Institute doors are now open in Littleton for its patients. Before opening the institute, patients in the area who needed a procedure to treat a serious heart condition had to travel at least 30 minutes to receive care. The institute will be able to provide services that include minimally invasive pr

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