The Mercy Heart Hospital combines the region’s leading cardiologists and surgeons with the state’s leading cardiovascular hospital. The hospital is a partnership between the Iowa Heart Center and Mercy Medical Center - Des Moines.

Its aim is to provide a seamless system of heart and vascular care for Mercy patients and their families, from screenings and outpatient clinic visits to advanced hospital care and rehabilitation.

As the largest cardiac provider in Iowa, the Mercy Heart Hospital continues to be a leader in clinical heart research. Patients are able to take advantage of the latest, leading-edge therapies—including new drugs, medical devices and surgical procedures.

In addition, the Mercy Heart Hospital offers Central Iowa’s only pediatric cardiology and heart surgery program. Pediatric cardiologists from Pediatric Cardiology P.C., working with Iowa Heart Center surgeons, perform 100 heart surgeries each year on children, many in their first year of age.