Broward Health February 2022

Broward Health’s Commitment to Advanced Heart Care

Broward Health is committed to investing in advanced cardiac services upgrades. With its more than 50-year history of providing heart care, Broward Health is considered a leader in cardiovascular treatments.

As one of the nation’s top 10 largest public hospital systems which can be seen in this page, Broward Health’s multidisciplinary team of experienced cardiac team provides comprehensive clinical,  surgical, and rehabilitative care.

Advanced Care Close to Home

Both Broward Health Coral Springs and Broward Health Imperial Point recently expanded cardiovascular offerings with state-of-the-art cardiac catheterization labs with the help from this original site, to provide patients with advanced and life-saving cardiac procedures close to home.

“A cardiac cath lab is a special unit in the hospital with advanced imaging capacities, and we use those imaging techniques to diagnose different heart conditions,” said Mohamed Osman, M.D., an interventional cardiologist and medical director of cardiovascular services at Broward Health Coral Springs.

At Broward Health Imperial Point, the cath lab and interventional radiology suite is on the ground floor and seamlessly combines interconnected services, providing patients with the highest quality, timely care.

At Broward Health Coral Springs, patients also have access to advanced screenings and diagnoses in the hospital’s expansive cardiac cath lab that includes four patient care bays and is equipped with the latest patient monitoring technology.

“The goal of our cardiac cath lab is to help improve the overall health of the community,” said Jared Smith, CEO of Broward Health Coral Springs. “Our physicians perform a variety of diagnostic tests associated with cardiac and vascular diseases, so patients are treated closer to home.”

A Leader in Cardiac Technology

In bringing the latest in cardiac care to Florida, Broward Health Medical Center recently established a robotic electrophysiology program to treat heart rhythm disorders by partnering with Stereotaxis. It’s the only hospital in South Florida offering robotic-assisted procedures to treat patients suffering from arrhythmias and is the first in Florida to adopt the latest Genesis Robotic Magnetic Navigation system.

Broward Health Medical Center was also the first hospital in Broward County to offer patients with non-valvular atrial fibrillation (NVAF), an alternative to long-term blood thinners with the next-generation WATCHMAN FLX Left Atrial Appendage Closure (LAAC) implant. The WATCHMAN FLX also may reduce the risk of stroke in patients with NVAF who need an alternative to oral anticoagulation therapy.

In addition to being the first in bringing this technology, Broward Health is part of a large-scale clinical trial looking to expand the patient population eligible for the Watchman FLX.

A clinical study, partly conducted at Broward Health Medical Center, revealed that the WATCHMAN FLX had a success rate of about 99%, said Ahmed Osman, M.D., medical director of the Cardiac Electrophysiology Lab at Broward Health Medical Center. “We can discontinue blood thinners and have just as much protection from stroke,” he said.

The re-imagined cardiac cath labs, clinical trials, and the use of first-in-its-kind technology are just a few examples of Broward Health’s multilayered approach to advanced cardiac care with a focus on enhancing patients’ health and wellness.

For more information, please visit www.BrowardHealth.org/Cardiac or call 954-759-7500

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