AdventHealth Celebration Health Expands Cardiology Services

Residents and visitors who need emergency cardiac care in the Celebration area now have more options close to home.

AdventHealth Celebration recently launched vascular surgery and interventional cardiology services with two newly expanded and remodeled cardiac catheterization labs, where physicians can use a thin, flexible tube to check and repair the blood flow in coronary arteries.

That means patients suffering from conditions such as heart attacks, congenital heart defects and disease affecting arteries or veins can be evaluated, diagnosed and treated in a single location. The catheterization labs started offering pacemaker services this week.

There is immense growth in Central Florida, and with that comes the important need to provide advanced, life-saving cardiac care close to our patient's homes, said Dr. Duane Davis, Director of the AdventHealth Heart, Lung and Vascular Institute. Our cardiac network will continue to grow along with our community.

Osceola County's population is expected to skyrocket over the next decade. The University of Florida's Bureau of Economic and Business Research estimated 288,200 residents in Osceola in 2015, and that's projected to climb nearly 24 percent to 358,700 by 2030. Surrounding Orange and Polk counties are also projected to experience notable growth.

The Celebration expansion is the latest of AdventHealth growing cardiac services a diagnostic cath lab opened at the new AdventHealth Apopka in December, and before that, a cath lab opened at AdventHealth Kissimmee. These join the established services at AdventHealth Orlando, Altamonte Springs, Winter Park and East Orlando campuses.

The AdventHealth Heart, Lung and Vascular Institute is one of the largest and best-regarded cardiac facilities in the country, and AdventHealth is the only health care provider in Central Florida that performs heart transplants. Every year, the Heart, Lung and Vascular Institute serves more than 70,000 cardiac patients, including 25,000 who seek emergency care and 2,000 who require cardiac surgery.

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