March 29, 2024

Cardiac Care

Effects of coronavirus on the heart still aren't fully known

Along with all the other unknowns about the coronavirus is whether it has long-term effects on the heart. Read more »
Published on 1/27/2021

Portable organ care system revives hearts, enables more transplants

George Martin's heart began failing in 2012, after he caught the swine flu. Read more »
Published on 1/27/2021

Ascension St. Vincent's Riverside chosen for Watchman FLX clinical trial

Dr. Saumil Oza says the risk of stroke increases 500% for patients with afib. Read more »
Published on 1/27/2021

Bay Medical Center-Sacred Heart introduces two new methods for treating an irregular heart beat

Bay Medical Center-Sacred Heart is giving cardiac patients new ways to treat common heart conditions. Read more »
Published on 1/27/2020

Orange Park Medical Center increases its capacity

Orange Park Medical Center now has two electrophysiology labs. Read more »
Published on 1/27/2020

A second chance after suffering a heart attack

After suffering a heart attack at age 37, Angel Vazquez got moving and completely revamped his diet. Read more »
Published on 1/27/2020

Collier County's Blue Zones Project sees rate of heart disease deaths drop

Collier County has seen the rate of heart disease deaths plummet. Read more »
Published on 1/27/2020

Florida heart disease data

Heart disease deaths are rising among middle-aged Floridians. A close look at the data shows where - and why. Read more »
Published on 1/27/2020

Proactivity

Treatments focus on genetic testing to help stem problems before they occur. Read more »
Published on 12/27/2018

Training Cardiac Specialists

With its first university-sponsored fellowship last year, Florida Atlantic University's med school chose to train cardiovascular specialists. Read more »
Published on 12/27/2018

A New Branch of Medicine

Soaring survival rates for children born with heart defects creates demand for adult care specialists. Read more »
Published on 12/27/2018

Implant Option

An alternative to open-heart surgery originally designed for older and sicker people gains traction among a wider range of patients. Read more »
Published on 12/27/2018

Stem Cell Metrics

Advances in cardiac care around Florida Read more »
Published on 12/26/2018

Risk factors for heart disease

Non-controllable vs. controllable risks and stats Read more »
Published on 8/8/2017

Cancer and cardiac care

The number of cancer survivors in the United States has grown as treatments have become more effective at battling the disease. Read more »
Published on 8/8/2017

The disappearing stent

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration last summer approved the first fully absorbable stent to treat artery disease... Read more »
Published on 8/8/2017

Target: Heart Disease

In November 2016, the Florida Department of Health launched a pilot program aimed at implementing new prevention strategies in places deemed most at risk of heart disease. Read more »
Published on 8/8/2017

Tiny pacemakers

Three years ago, an 81-year-old man became the first patient in Florida to receive the world's smallest pacemaker... Read more »
Published on 8/8/2017

Florida Hospitals in Rankings

Tampa General Hospital, UF Health Shands Hospital, JFK Medical Center, Northwest Medical Center & Kendall Regional Medical Center Read more »
Published on 8/8/2017

Avoiding surgery

In 1985, Tampa General Hospital became the first hospital in Florida to perform a successful heart transplant. Read more »
Published on 8/8/2017

New heart hospital

UF Health is opening a specialty hospital in Gainesville focused on cardiac care. Read more »
Published on 8/8/2017

Charity care

Billed as the only clinic of its kind in the state, Florida Hospital's Trina Hidalgo Heart Care Center in Orlando provides free care to uninsured people suffering from heart conditions Read more »
Published on 8/8/2017

Children's hearts

The summer after his first year of med school, Dr. Jeffrey P. Jacobs took a job doing research for a pediatric heart surgeon in Miami. What he saw changed his life. Read more »
Published on 8/8/2017

Statistically speaking

Results from a telephone poll of 1,002 U.S. adults (485 men and 517 women), with region, gender, age, race and ethnicity weighted to be nationally representative... Read more »
Published on 8/8/2017

What's new with cardiac care in Florida

Read the latest on developments involving children's hearts, techniques to avoid surgery, rankings, a new heart hospital, tiny pacemakers, dissolving stents and more. Read more »
Published on 7/26/2017

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