Heart Care at Wellstar Spalding Regional Hospital

Heart Care at Wellstar Spalding Regional Hospital
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Heart Care That’s Tailored for You

At Wellstar Spalding Regional Hospital, we're here to help you navigate a heart care concern with confidence. Our experts use their board-certified expertise to provide skilled and compassionate cardiovascular care in a convenient setting that’s close to home. We use advanced technology to create personalized treatments to meet your heart care needs. From diagnosis through to your treatment and recovery, you’ll never be alone on your heart care journey.

As a member of the Wellstar Health System, Wellstar Spalding Regional Hospital is part of the largest Emergency Cardiac Care Center (ECCC) network in Georgia. This allows us to access expertise across our health system to find the right specialist for your heart care needs. We are also a Joint Commission designated Primary Stroke Center.

The heart of every individual is unique -- that’s why their heart care must be unique as well. We collaborate with you to understand your health care needs and create a personalized treatment plan that meets you right where you are.

Managing a heart condition includes determining the right medications and considering lifestyle changes. When a heart procedure is warranted, our physicians will consider all the possible approaches, including minimally invasive procedures which reduce complications and improve recovery time. Our goal is to get you back to feeling your very best.

Our comprehensive care team

At Wellstar Spalding Regional Hospital, our board-certified cardiologists, advanced practice providers, registered nurses and cardiovascular technicians are well-trained in specialized cardiovascular care. Our experts know how to consider all aspects of your heart health and recommend the right approach to support your overall wellness. Our full range of services is available to help you explore healthy options, including dietary and rehabilitation services.

Wellstar and Mayo Clinic are working together to improve the delivery of healthcare. Through our collaboration, Wellstar combines the wisdom of Mayo with the expertise of Wellstar to offer the best care and treatment plans for even the most complicated diagnoses. As part of the Mayo Clinic Care Network, physicians at Wellstar can request consults with Mayo Clinic specialists on complex cases at any time. The best part? This service is offered at no cost to our patients.

Heart Care Highlights

Woman performing cardiovascular activity to keep her heart healthy.

Well Starts with Healthy Hearts

It’s impossible to count all the ways your heart supports you in a single day. That’s why it’s so vital to take care of your cardiac health — and doing so is easier than you might think. According to Wellstar medical experts, consistency is the key.

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Advanced Heart Care Close to Home

When it comes to getting high-quality care for your heart, you can count on Wellstar. We offer leading expertise, innovative treatments and compassionate care to protect your cardiovascular health.

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Neuro experts treating a stroke patient.

Wellstar Saves Lives with Advanced Stroke Care

Patients in the Wellstar Health System have access to cutting-edge treatments, advanced technology and an expert neuro team, ready to treat even the most complex strokes.

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Staying Healthy with Wellstar for 15 Years

Whether she’s riding motorcycles with her husband, enjoying a roller coaster with her daughter or keeping others well as a chiropractor, Kimberly Smith-Howard stays busy. But Kimberly still makes time to visit Wellstar Spalding Regional Hospital for her regular screenings like mammograms — and says she has made health and wellness a priority since her breast cancer diagnosis in 2006.

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Our Services

General Cardiology

To achieve your best level of heart health, we’ve assembled a team of experts in multiple areas of specialized care. Our physicians have the training and experience to provide coordinated, comprehensive care to address your heart condition.

Cardiac Catheterization

Our interventional cardiologists are experts in catheter-based heart procedures, which are minimally invasive. Instead of accessing the heart with a large chest incision, these treatments use arteries and veins to deliver targeted treatment. As a result, patients typically recover more quickly and experience fewer complications.

These advanced procedures address many heart conditions, such as heart attacks and arrhythmia.

Percutaneous Cardiac Intervention (PCI)

At Wellstar Spalding Regional Hospital, our heart patients benefit from expert, minimally invasive techniques like Percutaneous Cardiac Intervention (stent placement), also known as PCI. PCI can be used to treat plaque buildup in the heart by opening clogged blood vessels without open chest surgery. Because traditional open heart surgery is not required, patients tend to recover faster and with better overall results.

Pacemakers and Defibrillators

Our team specializes in the placement of advanced devices to treat heart rhythm disorders or arrhythmias. Implanted devices, including pacemakers and defibrillators, help patients with these heart concerns live active, healthy lives while worrying less about cardiac complications.

Cardioversion is a non-invasive treatment for dysrhythmia like atrial fibrillation. The goal is to restore regular heart rhythm by sending controlled electric shocks to the heart via electrodes placed on the chest. For many patients, this is a safe, effective method for treating heart rhythm disorders which does not require surgery. Medication may also be used to achieve the results of cardioversion.

Other Heart Services

Our program of care at Wellstar Spalding Regional Hospital includes other vascular services and diagnostics, as well, including blood clot intervention and treatments for poor blood flow.