Heart Care in Calhoun

A few things determine your heart health: age, family history, gender, diet, lifestyle. The heart care team at AdventHealth Gordon, formerly Gordon Hospital, will help you explore all of your risk factors, and then we’ll empower you to take charge where you can. Some of the factors we'll explore include:

• Blood Pressure Management
• Smoking Cessation
• Stress Reduction
• Weight Loss and Diet Modification

Feel confident knowing that, together, we're reducing your risk of heart disease and improving your overall health.

Time is critical during a heart attack. That’s why we want you to know and recognize the early warning signs:

• Chest Pressure, Squeezing, Aching, or Burning
• Excessive Fatigue
• Feeling of Fullness
• Increased Sense of Anxiety
• Jaw Pain
• Nausea
• Pain That Travels Down One or Both Arms
• Shortness of Breath
• Unexplained Back Pain

If you or someone you know shows signs of a heart attack, call 911 immediately.

When it comes to your heart health, knowledge is everything. The sooner we know what's causing your concern, the sooner we can address it. From chest pain to fatigue or shortness of breath, our cardiologists and other heart care specialists provide fast and accurate information about your condition. Our cardiovascular screenings and tests include:

• Cardiac Catheterization
• CT Scans
• Echocardiogram
• Exercise Testing
• Holter Monitoring — Patient wears small device while going about daily routine so that physician can detect possible abnormalities in heart rhythm
• Stress-Testing
• Transesophageal Echocardiogram (TEE)

After your screening, we'll work with you to develop a customized heart disease treatment plan that puts you on the path to healing.

Whatever your heart needs, our Calhoun hospital is here. In the case of cardiac failure or another emergency event, we act quickly and are proud to say that our response times are faster than the national average. Our heart care program has expanded to include percutaneous coronary interventions (PCI) for STEMI and non-STEMI heart attacks.

PCI will offer ways to restore blood flow via specialized balloons and stents once a critical blockage is found during a heart catheterization. A severe heart attack, or acute ST-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI), can be fatal without fast, effective treatment. Our specialists excel at delivering urgent, lifesaving care, and AdventHealth Gordon can be your first and only stop for any heart attack emergency.

We also care for the following conditions:

• Arrhythmias
• Chest Pain
• Congestive Heart Failure
• Coronary Artery Disease
• High Cholesterol
• Hypertension
• Pericarditis
• Myocardial Infarction (STEMI)

When you're with us, your cardiovascular care is backed by AdventHealth, one of the country’s leading hospital networks. Our legacy of providing quality Heart and Vascular Care comes to life not only in our hospital, but throughout our community. We offer regular classes and support groups on heart heath-related topics like smoking, diabetes, and more.

Our compassion-based culture has garnered numerous accolades from the health care community. Among these is a Gold Seal Accreditation from the Joint Commission and HFAP. This means that you are guaranteed safe, quality care. At AdventHealth Gordon, we’re more than a hospital, we are a proud member of our community.