Heart Care
Venice Regional Bayfront Health's comprehensive cardiac care program has been recognized nationally, being named a Top 50 Cardiac Hospital by Truven Health Analytics. We are also fully accredited by the Society of Chest Pain Centers (SCPC) as an Accredited Chest Pain Center.
Venice Regional Heart Center provides a complete spectrum of cardiac services, including emergency care, diagnostic and interventional cardiology, cardiac surgery and rehabilitation. In developing the center, the equipment was carefully selected and spaces were thoughtfully designed with you and your family in mind. The staff incorporated advanced technolog, including an integrated computer system that enables physicians and staff to keep all patient information, imaging, and vital signs at their fingertips throughout the center.
Cardiologists affiliated with Venice Regional Heart Center have a full array of diagnostic capabilities available to them, including a 64-slice computed tomography (CT) technology that improves the early detection of cardiac disease. Other diagnostic tests include electrocardiograms (ECG, Holter monitoring, transesophageal echocardiograms (TEE) and exercise stress testing.
Everyone at Venice Regional Heart Center plays a part in helping you and your family cope with the challenges that lie ahead. Our physicians believe in spending whatever time it takes to answer your questions and help you understand what to expect. Our staff includes a cardiac educator whose role is to orient you and your family members to the hospital and to provide the information and support you need to face treatment and recovery with confidence and hope.
Electrophysiology (EP) Lab
Venice Regional Bayfront Health's Electrophysiology Lab offers our a way of treating and diagnosing irregular heartbeats by placing catheters in the chamber of the heart to measure electrical activity. This allows for an accurate diagnosis, which is then treated with radio frequency. The EP Lab improves the quality of life in our community by decreasing the risk of stroke, heart attack, the use of medication and providing the community with quick and easy access to an EP Lab with award winning care.
To find a heart care physician at Venice Regional Bayfront Health, call our physician referral line at (855) 876-2362 or view our physician directory.