Don’t Wait to Seek Heart Attack Care
You probably know some of the tell-tale heart attack symptoms. You know that when someone experiences chest pain, difficulty breathing, or a choking sensation, it’s time to take them to the emergency room. But when it happens to you, everything changes. You may second guess yourself, dismiss your symptoms, or hesitate to ask another person for help. Please don’t. Surviving a heart attack is a matter of receiving treatment in time, which means the sooner you take action, the better.
When you experience any heart attack symptoms, call 911 immediately and tell the response team to take you to AdventHealth Tampa. You will find advanced, sophisticated care 24 hours a day in our chest-pain emergency room at AdventHealth Tampa. We’re accredited by the Society of Cardiovascular Patient Care, which means you can expect the highest standard in chest pain and heart attack care. You’ll also have access to the skilled medical staff in our Pepin Heart Institute, allowing you to receive excellent care from a multidisciplinary team of heart specialists.
We’re here to help you find the right physician or a location that’s convenient for you.
Healing Hearts in Tampa Bay for 35 Years
As we celebrate the 35th anniversary of our AdventHealth Pepin Heart Institute, we remember the legacy that Art and Tom Pepin began and that the family continues.
We honor your innumerable stories of healing as we continue to provide the most advanced cardiovascular technology from the best and brightest heart health experts.
Serving our community for more than three decades has been a privilege and joy. The future of Tampa Bay heart care is bright, and we look forward to helping you feel whole for decades to come.
Giving Life-Saving Cardiac Care In Your Hour of Greatest Need
- Signs of a Heart Attack
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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.
- Evaluating You Quickly for Faster Heart Attack Treatment
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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.
- Life-Saving Heart Attack Treatments
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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.
Heart and Vascular Care You Can Count On
We’re here to take care of your cardiovascular system so you can keep putting your whole heart into everything you do.