Heart Attack Care in Tampa

You want to be prepared. When you know the signs of a heart attack, you can recognize it more quickly and seek immediate cardiac care for yourself or a loved one. Symptoms of heart attack include:

• Chest Pain or Pressure That Radiates From the Center of the Chest
• Choking Sensation
• Dizziness or Lightheadedness
• Excessive, Unexpected Sweating
• Extreme Fatigue
• Indigestion
• Nausea or Vomiting
• Pain in Neck, Jaw, Back, or Left Arm
• Racing or Irregular Heartbeat
• Shortness of Breath
• Stomach Pain
• Weakness

Experiencing a heart attack yourself or seeing a loved one experience one can be truly frightening. But when you act fast to call 911 and seek treatment from the highly skilled medical team at our Tampa hospital, you can find comfort knowing you’ve done the right thing, and you’re in the best possible hands.

You’ve done the right thing. You recognized the symptoms, and now you’re here to receive cardiovascular care. When treatment for a heart attack begins within an hour of the onset of symptoms, we have a better chance of restoring your blood flow and saving your heart muscle. That’s why we’ve designed our chest-pain emergency room for quick evaluations, allowing us to bring you treatment as soon as possible. Heart attack screenings, which may be performed in the ambulance or in our emergency room, can include:

• Angiograms – Imaging procedures that use a catheter to view your arteries.
• Blood Tests
• CT Scan
• Electrocardiograms (ECG or EKG) – Tests that record your heart’s electrical activity and can diagnose a heart attack within seconds, helping us give life-saving care early on.
• Stress Tests

When you trust us with your heart, you can count on us to honor that trust with the expert, urgent, and specialized care you need.

You need the best care there is — and you can feel reassured knowing your heart is in good hands. Our cardiologists offer a range of treatments to bring you relief and safety from a heart attack. Most of these involve opening your blocked arteries to improve blood flow. To achieve this, we often use a combination of medication, oxygen therapy, and cardiac surgery treatments. For example, we may perform coronary artery bypass surgery, grafting blood vessels around your blocked artery to create a detour through which the blood can flow. In other cases, we may use catheters to reinforce the arterial walls around your heart or to remove blockages.

Whatever treatment you receive, you can count on expert medical support from a hospital team that truly cares about you. We know you’re feeling overwhelmed and frightened, and we’ll do all we can to ease your mind and lift your spirit — pouring our whole hearts into caring for yours.