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Specialty care for complex heart conditions
When you choose Ascension Sacred Heart Gulf in Port St. Joe, Florida, your entire team is trained to deliver the latest in therapeutics and minimally invasive surgery to help prevent, diagnose, manage, and treat heart conditions. Starting with your first consultation, your doctor listens to understand you and your health concerns. Then, we work with you to create a heart care plan that’s right for you.
Our heart care team at Ascension Sacred Heart Gulf in Port St. Joe focuses on helping you reduce your risk for heart attack and stroke. We provide heart care close to home, including:
- ER care for heart attack and stroke
- Diagnostic cardiac imaging
- Echocardiogram
- Nuclear stress test
- CT calcium score
- Graded exercise test (GXT)
- Holter and event monitoring
- Heart nutritional counseling
- Implantable loop recorder to monitor chronic heart rhythm disorders
- Interventional procedures
- Management of high blood pressure and high cholesterol
- Medication anticoagulation management
- Transitional care, bridging next steps once home
Our cardiovascular surgeons and specialists at Ascension Sacred Heart Emerald Coast in Destin provide cardiac ablations, pacemaker care and medication management. Heart care teams at Ascension Sacred Heart Pensacola provide advanced care for atrial fibrillation (AFib) , heart valve disease, heart failure, structural heart cardiomyopathy, congenital heart disease, coronary artery disease and more. Pediatric cardiology care is available at Studer Family Children’s Hospital at Ascension Sacred Heart.
Heart attack and stroke care and prevention
If you have high blood pressure, high cholesterol, irregular heartbeat or other risk factors for heart disease, your doctor works with you to prevent heart attack and stroke. Some heart attacks begin suddenly, while others start with mild discomfort. Watch for these symptoms of heart attack in both men and women:
- Chest discomfort, pressure, or pain
- Difficulty breathing independent of activity
- Lightheadedness or loss of consciousness
- New weakness or fatigue
- Rapid or irregular heartbeat
- Sudden arm (particularly left arm), jaw, neck, back pain
Go to the ER right away if you notice these symptoms in yourself or a loved one. Ascension Sacred Heart Gulf provides ER care and is open 24/7 for life-threatening emergencies like heart attack. And if you need more care, you’ll be connected to our experienced heart and vascular care team.
If you are experiencing chest pain, especially in combination with jaw or arm pain, lightheadedness, nausea, vomiting or difficulty breathing, you might be having a heart attack. Call 911 or go to the nearest emergency room right away.
Support for your recovery
If you received care in the medical-surgical unit at Ascension Sacred Heart Gulf or Ascension Ascension Sacred Heart Bay, you may be eligible for transitional care after you are discharged from the hospital. Our program helps adults who have a chronic disease such as diabetes, heart disease, heart failure or pneumonia, and those who are at high risk for being readmitted to the hospital. Our transitional care nurse provides follow-up care for 30 days after discharge to help support your recovery.