General Info

The Heart & Vascular Institute of Florida is a health care organization that provides services for the detection, prevention and treatment of cardiovascular diseases. It provides education to patients on cholesterol management, smoking cessation, and nutrition and exercise. The organization maintains one of its health center facilities in St. Petersburg, Fla., and offers cardiac catheterization services that help to determine the presence of blockages in the heart. The Heart & Vascular Institute of Florida also provides peripheral angiography, intravascular ultrasound, coronary atherectomy and brachytherapy services. Its arrhythmia center offers permanent pacemaker implantation, electrical cardioversion and radio frequency ablation services. The organization additionally provides treatment for hypertension, myocardial infractions and congestive heart failure problems. The Heart & Vascular Institute of Florida performs valvular heart and coronary artery bypass surgeries, as well as offers diagnostic testing services.