FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. – (September 14, 2007) – Florida Medical Center’s Heart Institute of Florida is now one of only two hospitals in the state to offer cutting-edge 80-lead electrocardiogram (ECG) technology.

You know the score from your favorite team’s last game, may or may not want to remember the score of your most recent golf game, and are trying to lower your cholesterol score. But do you know your cardiac calcium score?

One . . . two . . . three . . . four . . . five. Seconds count when you’re having a heart attack. Six . . . seven . . . eight. Each year more than one million people in the United States have a heart attack.

FT. LAUDERDALE, FL, AUGUST 1, 2007— Florida Medical Center is one of 277 hospitals in the United States being recognized in the July 23 issue of US News & World Report by the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association’s Get With the Guidelines SM (GWTG) program in an ad for its performance achievement in cardiac and stroke patient care.

Florida Medical Center has been recognized for significant achievement in implementing the American Heart Association and American Stroke Association Get with the GuidelinesSM. The Get with the Guidelines program helps ensure the care hospitals provide for coronary artery disease, stroke and heart failure is aligned with the latest scientific guidelines.

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1. Be prepared. Make a list of your concerns including symptoms, tests results, prescriptions, etc. Make a list of all medications (including over-the-counter and herbals) that you are taking including dosage and frequency.

Since performing the first open heart surgery in Broward County in 1974, The Heart Institute of Florida at Florida Medical Center has cared for thousands of patients with cardiovascular illnesses.