Heart and Vascular Care

Your heart health is determined by multiple factors. And there are steps you can take now to make sure it stays strong for years to come. Our experts have teamed up with the American Heart Association to help you understand common heart diseases and conditions, what causes them, and how to lower your risk by making lifestyle changes, like eating better, moving more, making time to de-stress, and understanding the link between conditions like diabetes and heart disease.

The following risk assessments will help the cardiologists and other experts at AdventHealth create the best treatment plan for you:

• Atrial Fibrillation
• Diabetes
• Heart Risk Assessment
• Sleep Disorders
• Stroke
• Vascular

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The faster the diagnosis, the quicker the care and healing. As our patient, you'll benefit from rapid diagnostic and testing procedures, including:

• CT Scans - We utilize advanced imaging technology to generate detailed cross-sectional images of the heart and surrounding structures, aiding in the diagnosis and assessment of cardiovascular conditions such as coronary artery disease, cardiac anomalies and structural abnormalities.
• ECG/EKGs - An ECG (electrocardiogram), often abbreviated as EKG, is a non-invasive medical test that records the electrical activity of the heart over a period of time, typically displaying it as a graph to assess heart rhythm, detect abnormalities and diagnose various cardiac conditions.
• MRIs - Employs powerful magnetic fields and radio waves to create detailed images of the heart and its surrounding structures, aiding in the diagnosis and evaluation of heart conditions such as myocardial infarction, cardiomyopathy and congenital heart defects.
• Nuclear Medicine – This specialized and advanced area of radiology uses very small amounts of radioactive materials, or radiopharmaceuticals, to examine an organ's function and structure. In a heart scan, nuclear medicine is used to identify abnormal blood flow to the heart, determine the extent of damage after a heart attack and measure heart function.
• Stress Tests – By monitoring your heart rate during a session of increasingly strenuous exercise, our team can better diagnose symptoms, including chest pain, shortness of breath and heart palpitations.
• X-Rays - Utilize electromagnetic radiation to produce images of the heart and lungs, assisting in the diagnosis of conditions such as congestive heart failure, pulmonary edema and certain cardiac abnormalities by revealing structural abnormalities and changes in heart size.

When it comes to matters of your heart, every second counts. That’s why the experts at AdventHealth are taking steps every single day to give you the best, fastest and most accurate cardiac treatments, from partnering with first responders at our accredited Chest Pain Centers to building some of the most advanced heart failure, stroke and vascular-disease programs. Our commitment to your heart health begins before, during and after any hospital stay. Throughout your course of heart disease treatment, you’ll have access to ongoing heart care programs, including cardiac rehab services, support groups, nutrition and lifestyle counseling, and more.

Our team personalizes your care plan using state-of-the-art treatments and techniques, including:

• Ablation – A procedure that can correct heart rhythm problems, also known as arrhythmias, by removing the tissue that's causing the abnormal rhythm.
• Cardioversion – A way to restore the heart's regular rhythm using medicine or electrical therapy.
• Pacemakers - A small electronic device implanted in the chest to regulate heart rhythm by delivering electrical impulses to the heart muscle.
• Portico Transcatheter Aortic Heart Valve – A valve replacement procedure that reduces the need for a permanent pacemaker and decreases the risk of complications like paravalvular leak.
• Stents - a tiny mesh-like tube inserted into narrowed or blocked blood vessels to restore blood flow and support the vessel walls.
• Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement – A minimally invasive procedure that repairs the damaged valve without having to remove it. Our network was chosen as one of the first sites to offer the FDA-approved Edwards SAPIEN Aortic Valve Replacement treatment option for patients with high-risk or inoperable, severe, symptomatic aortic valve stenosis.
• Transcatheter Mitral Valve Replacement – A new way of replacing the mitral valve without the need for open-heart surgery.
• Transplant - Involves surgically replacing a diseased or failing heart with a healthy heart from a deceased donor to improve heart function and prolong life.

When it comes to your heart care, you expect the very best. At AdventHealth, we'll give you nothing less.

Imagine a future free of the stress, strains and pains of heart disease. Our Heart Care providers are working on it. At our advanced Heart Care Institutes, we’re actively developing new ways to diagnose, treat and heal the most common — and uncommon — heart conditions. Our breakthrough studies and advanced clinical trials are giving way to lifesaving new heart disease treatments.

Our dedication to advanced heart and vascular care has been recognized by many leading health organizations. Within our network of care, you'll find award-winning and nationally recognized facilities, including AdventHealth Orlando, recognized as the #1 hospital in Greater Orlando by U.S. News & World Report. At the AdventHealth Cardiovascular Institute, we treat more patients with cardiovascular and vascular disease, and more female cardiac patients, than any other hospital in the United States. The AdventHealth Transplant Institute was the first facility in Central Florida to perform a heart transplant and today remains the only comprehensive center to offer this heart surgery in the area. Patients from around the world come to us for the latest in innovative heart disease treatments and minimally invasive heart surgeries. How can we help you start feeling better and start feeling whole?