Comprehensive Advanced Heart Failure Center

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Why Choose Us? 

At our Comprehensive Advanced Heart Failure Center, we have a diverse team of advanced heart failure specialists who develop individualized, patient-centered care plans that focus on shared decision-making with each patient, their cardiologist and their primary care provider. By working together as a care team, we help patients get the right care at the right time during their heart failure journey. Our team supports patients with all types and stages of heart failure (HF).

(813) 443-2038

Whether you've been newly diagnosed or have had heart failure for years, we're here to help you and your team. For more information, call (813) 443-2038 and select option 1.

What is the Comprehensive Advanced Heart Failure Center?

BayCare's Comprehensive Advanced Heart Failure Center provides high-quality, compassionate care for all heart failure patients including those who have systolic heart failure, diastolic heart failure and heart failure caused by other conditions. The center offers quick access to cardiac specialists who provide advanced diagnostics, specialized devices and treatment options that can reduce stress on your heart or help support your heart's ability to circulate more blood through your body.

The center gives our patients:

  • Detailed heart failure education
  • Lifestyle, fitness and diet recommendations
  • Medication optimization and management 
  • Assessment for device therapies such as CVRx Barostim®, Impulse Dynamics Optimizer® and Abbott Cardiomems®
  • Assessment for heart transplant and left ventricular assist devices (LVAD)
  • Cutting-edge clinical research study opportunities, including FDA clinical trials ranging from new heart failure medications and devices to stem cell and gene therapies

 

Additional Information

Diagnostics

Our center provides and coordinates a wide variety of cardiovascular and heart diagnostics including:

  • Echocardiography (echo)
  • Electrocardiography (EKG)
  • External and implanted heart rhythm monitoring devices include Holter monitors and loop recorders
  • Cardiac MRI
  • Advanced cardiopulmonary stress testing (CPET)
Doctor giving a patient an electrocardiography (EKG) test
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Care Coordination

Some heart failure patients may have other conditions that are contributing to their heart problems. Our center supports our patients by providing care coordination for a variety of related conditions or needs, including:

  • High blood pressure (hypertension)
  • Diabetes
  • Obstructive sleep apnea
  • Mental health counseling
  • Nutrition education and weight loss

Becoming a Patient

Many patients are referred to the Comprehensive Advanced Heart Failure Center by a physician such as an emergency room doctor, general or interventional cardiologist or primary care physician, but a referral isn’t required. To find out if our center is right for you, call us at (813) 443-2038 and select option 1.

Find a Location

Solon B. Turman Medical Arts Building at St. Joseph's Hospital

Comprehensive Advanced Heart Failure Center

3003 W. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd
2nd Floor Medical Arts Building 
Tampa, FL 33607
(813) 443-2038
Monday - Friday
8am-5pm

Frequently Asked Questions

  • I have a cardiologist already. Why should I also go to a cardiologist at the Advanced Heart Failure Center?

    We work with you and your cardiologist. Our cardiologists are specifically trained to manage all forms of heart failure and have extensive expertise in testing and treatments at different stages of heart failure, including:

    • Advanced or complex heart failure, especially if someone has other medical conditions such as diabetes, kidney or lung problems. Heart failure cardiologists think differently about heart failure compared to primary care or even general cardiology physicians, and that often leads to different strategies to support a patient’s health and longevity.
    • Heart transplant candidate assessment and management
    • Mechanical circulatory support (e.g., LVADs) assessment and management
    • Innovative and rare therapies such as experimental treatments and clinical trials that may offer hope for improvement in one’s HF or overall condition
  • What can I expect during my first visit?
    At your first appointment, our advanced heart failure specialist will discuss your medical history and symptoms. You may also have a physical exam and have further assessments done, such as blood work, echocardiogram, electrocardiogram and stress tests. These can all be done in our clinic. If needed, we’ll help with scheduling other imaging tests that’ll evaluate your heart’s ejection fraction, a critical measure of how well your heart pumps blood. Cardiopulmonary exercise testing, advanced imaging and other testing may be suggested, as needed, to assist in your care.
  • When should I add the Advanced Comprehensive Heart Failure Center to my medical team?

    You can benefit from specialized heart failure care in new or early stages, but once it becomes more chronic, such as advancing to stages C or D, having this care becomes essential. Here are some factors you should consider.

    • You’ve been admitted to the hospital or needed an emergency room visit despite taking your medication and making lifestyle and diet changes.
    • You’re not able to do the activities or work that you want to, due to low energy, fatigue or shortness of breath.
    • You’ve been diagnosed with or may have a heart valve condition that may be worsening your heart’s function.
    • You experience persistent shortness of breath.
    • You can’t tolerate prescribed medications.
    • Your heart’s ejection fraction is low and doesn’t rise with medication use.
    • You’ve got fluid (congestion) in your skin, lungs or abdomen.
    • You have elevated B-type natriuretic peptide (BNP).