Best in Care - Centennial Issue - (Page 5)

Saving Hearts 24/7 Pressure. Chest pain. Dizziness. When experiencing a heart attack, every minute counts. Florida Hospital has the area’s only 24/7 in-house emergency cardiac team. This means that within minutes your heart attack will be diagnosed, and you’ll be taken to Florida Hospital’s cardiac catheterization lab to stop it in its tracks. Florida Hospital offers emergency services at all seven hospitals as well as 24/7 helicopter transport for heart patients. If you think you or a loved one may be having a heart attack, don’t wait. Get to the nearest emergency room right away. The new $255 million, 15-story Ginsburg Tower at Florida Hospital Orlando is the new home of the Florida Hospital Cardiovascular Institute. Healing Broken Hearts hen it comes to broken hearts, it’s well-known that there’s only one “heart hospital”—Florida Hospital. As the forerunner in the state for heart health, Florida Hospital has been a pioneer for decades, performing the first open-heart surgery and cardiac catheterization in Central Florida. What’s next? Let’s take a look: Continuing to improve the standards of heart health, the Florida Hospital Cardiovascular Institute will move into the new $255 million, 15-story Ginsburg Tower at Florida Hospital Orlando. This facility will bring together the very best cardiologists, cardiovascular and thoracic surgeons, specialized cardiovascular nurses and clinical teams, innovative research and treatments, state-of-the-art diagnostic technology and prevention programs. Innovation is what has enticed world-renowned physicians to make Florida Hospital their home. With 135 cardiologists and cardiovascular surgeons, procedures are being pioneered and performed at Florida Hospital every day, including cryoablation, which treats atrial fibrillation by freezing harmful cells while leaving normal cells untouched. Teams that perform the same procedures thousands of times each year develop expertise that can mean the difference between success and failure. Florida Hospital Cardiovascular Institute not only performs more openheart, vascular and thoracic surgeries than any other hospital in the country, but it also is a destination center for care of the most complex cases, such as valve repair From the first open-heart surgery to valve repair, what’s next from Florida Hospital? W or replacement, heart remodeling, ascending arch aneurysms, carotid endarterectomy and more. Technology dramatically affects the diagnosis and treatment of heart disease. As a forerunner in this area, Florida Hospital is on the leading edge of preventive, diagnostic and surgical care. Today, Florida Hospital’s 64-slice CT scanner can produce detailed 3-D images of a patient’s heart to look for and prevent future problems. When issues arise, the area’s only Stereotaxis lab is available at Florida Hospital. This new computerized magnetically controlled navigation system allows physicians to perform even more complex minimally invasive cardiac procedures with increased safety. Florida Hospital Cardiovascular Institute’s research enables patients to receive the latest procedures months—even years—before they’re available nationwide. The program, a beta site for cardiac clinical trials, participates in various types of trials, such as stem cell therapy, resynchronization, cardiac and endovascular stents, peripheral and coronary brachytherapy, and more. Florida Hospital has transformed the way heart patients are cared for and has created new standards throughout the U.S. From the innovative “Code STEMI” emergency room process that can stop a heart attack in minutes to the Heart Failure Clinic that provides patients medication, ongoing education and consistent care for managing heart conditions, Florida Hospital is pushing the boundaries of care. New tecHNoloGy New Home aNd New Hope Heart researcH aNd clINIcal trIals GrouNdbreakING Heart procedures Not all Heart HospItals are equal INNovatIve Heart-savING care Do you need a cardiologist? Are you interested in a clinical trial? Do you have a heart question? Florida Hospital’s dedicated cardiovascular care coordinator is available Monday through Friday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Call 407-303-1700 and ask for Julie. love your Heart TakeMeToFloridaHospital.com I 5 http://www.TakeMeToFloridaHospital.com

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Florida Hospital Best in Care Centennial 2008

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