Cardiologists coordinate care with other members of the healthcare team, including surgery and emergency departments, to help put patients on the road to recovery.

Level One Catheterization Lab
The Level One Cath Lab at Lakewood Ranch Medical Center includes:

• STEMI program that provides coronary interventions for patients who may be experiencing a heart attack.
• High continuity of care because the same medical professional follows each patient through the entire procedure, including preprocedure and postprocedure care.
• Waiting room and other amenities that are conveniently located near the Cath Lab.

Diagnostic Testing:

• Right and left heart catheterization
• Peripheral angiography
• Nuclear medicine lab
• Stress testing
• Echocardiography
• EKG

Device Implants:

• Pacemakers
• Automatic internal cardiac defibrillator
• Loop recorders

Interventional Care:

• Percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI)
• Percutaneous peripheral intervention (PPI)
• Interventional radiological procedures
• Treatment of Deep Vein Thrombosis
• Sirs spheres

Lakewood Ranch Medical Center uses the following advanced medical technology and procedures.

• Philips FD 20 Alura Cardiovascular X-ray System
• Angiojet® Ultra Thrombectomy System
• Spectranetics Laser System
• Crosser Catheter System
• Diamondback Procedure
• Volcano Intravascular Ultrasound

• Chest discomfort. Most heart attacks involve discomfort in the center of the chest that lasts for more than a few minutes, or goes away and comes back. The discomfort can feel like pressure, squeezing, fullness, or pain.
• Discomfort in other areas of the upper body. Can include pain or discomfort in one or both arms, the back, neck, jaw, or stomach.
• Shortness of breath. Occurring with or before chest discomfort.
• Other symptoms may include breaking out in a cold sweat, nausea, light-headedness, unusual fatigue, or light-headedness. Treatments are most effective when they occur in the early stages of chest pain.