NORTH PLATTE, Neb. (North Platte Post)- North Platte residents no longer have to leave town for heart catheterization or specialized cardiac care. Great Plains Regional Medical Center has opened their Heart & Vascular Services Center. Cardiologists Dr.’s Ali and Arteaga along with APRN Sydney Buckland and staff can now provide a wide range of treatments including cardiac stents which previously had to be handled elsewhere. The Great Plains Heart and Vascular Center is the only interventional cardiology and vascular facility in Nebraska west of Kearney.