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HEALTHCARE REAL ESTATE, CONSTRUCTION, DESIGN & FACILITY PLANNING

Broward Health Coral Springs

Expands Its Cardiac Program

Broward Health Coral Springs has expanded its cardiac program with a state-of-the Smith said that from screening and diagnosing, to treating cardiovascular disease,
art cardiac catheterization lab. This new lab, which includes four pre-and-post-proce- the center’s goal is to help improve the overall health of the community, particularly
dure patient care bays and is equipped with the latest patient monitoring technology, as patients will be treated closer to home. Broward Health Coral Springs anticipates
is part of the hospital’s initiative to provide patients with advanced and critical life- meeting STEMI (ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction) criteria in 2021 so that the most
saving cardiac procedures close to home. acute heart attack patients will be able to receive critical interventional care.
“Combined with Broward Health physicians’ clinical expertise, this new lab is a The new cath lab is the latest capital improvement made in cardiac care at Broward
great example of our commitment to enhance services for our growing community in Health. The health system has a 50-plus-year history in advanced cardiac care, dating
Broward’s northwest corridor,” said Jared Smith, CEO of Broward Health Coral back to the 1960s when Broward Health opened the first follow-up pacemaker clinic
Springs. “The cardiac catheterization lab performs a variety of diagnostic tests associ- in the country. In the 1970s, the first cardiac cath lab and open heart surgery took
ated with cardiac and vascular diseases.” place at Broward Health.

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