Heart Institute

The Florida Hospital Heart Institute Zephyrhills offers a full service line of cardiac procedures and care.   

In January 2006 the Heart Institute opened two state-of-the-art cardiac surgery suites and began our interventional cardiology program featuring 24/7 emergency cardiac care.  Currently we provide two cardiac catheterization labs which perform interventional procedures, EP (electrophysiology) and device imiplants (pacemaker and cardiac defibrillators). 

Our cardiac surgeons are well respected in the community and bring years of experience  to our facility and program.  Currently our surgeons are performing a wide range of surgical procedures including coronary artery bypass grafting, valve replacement, valve repair and TMR (Transmyocardial revascularization) laser.   We have added a 6 bed CVICU (cardiovascular intensive care unit) which specializes in the immediate recovery of open heart surgery patients. 

Our team of nurses bring many years of experience from several well respected facilities.  In addition we feature a 10-bed cardiac catheterization recovery unit (CRU) and 17-bed cardiac step down unit (CSDU)  The staff has been trained to manage patients recovering from cardiac catheterization, open heart surgery and other cardiac diagnoses. We have also added Phase I Cardiac Rehabilitation to meet the needs of our open heart surgery patients and interventional cardiac catheterization patients.  The outpatient cardiac rehabilitation program provides quality care for our patients, that are recovering at home.  The staff in the CVOR, CVICU, CRU, CSDU, Cath Lab and Cardiac Rehabilitation have sought out national certification in their areas of specialty.  Certifications include CCRN, RCIS,CNOR and ACLS. 

For additional information on the Heart Institute please call us at (813) 788-0411.