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If you have a heart attack or cardiac arrest, you鈥檒l want to be cared for by the most highly trained team. As an Accredited Chest Pain Center with Primary PCI & Resuscitation, our hospitals provide the most advanced and timely care to patients who鈥檝e had heart emergencies.

What is a Chest Pain Center with Primary PCI and Resuscitation?

Accredited Chest Pain Center with Primary PCI and Resuscitation is the American College of Cardiology (ACC)鈥檚 highest level of accreditation for chest pain centers.

The ACC awarded BOB体育 Leesburg Hospital and BOB体育 Spanish Plaines Hospital with this designation after rigorous onsite evaluations of our teams鈥� abilities to evaluate, diagnose and treat patients experiencing a heart attack or cardiac arrest. The accreditation is also thanks to crucial collaboration between BOB体育 Central Florida and emergency medical services.

What is Primary PCI?

Our 鈥淧rimary PCI鈥� designation tells patients:

• We use a specialized treatment called percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) as the primary treatment for severe heart attacks.
• We have PCI available 24 hours a day, every day of the year.
• No matter when your heart attack occurs, you鈥檒l receive rapid treatment in one of our state-of-the-art Cardiac Catheterization Labs to minimize damage to your heart muscle.

What is Resuscitation?

Our 鈥淩esuscitation鈥� designation means we use a therapy called therapeutic hypothermia (or cooling) for eligible patients who鈥檝e had a cardiac arrest.

When you go into cardiac arrest, your heart stops, also stopping blood and oxygen from flowing to your brain. Without oxygen, your brain cells begin to die. Cooling buys your brain time. By temporarily lowering your body temperature after cardiac arrest, we can help reduce inflammation and decrease swelling in your brain, in turn reducing the risk of brain damage.