The Heart Institute
The Heart Institute at Oak Hill Hospital offers a full range of the latest diagnostics and treatments to care for hearts in Hernando and Citrus counties. Below you’ll find a quick snapshot of services and treatments now available.
Chest Pain Center
Oak Hill Hospital has received recognition as an Accredited Chest Pain Center (CPC) with Percutaneous Coronary Intervention (PCI) by the Society of Chest Pain Centers.
Heart Attack Symptoms
- Pressure, fullness, squeezing pain in the center of the chest, spreading to the neck, shoulder or jaw
- Chest discomfort with lightheadedness, fainting, sweating nausea, or shortness of breath
- Upper abdominal pressure or discomfort
- Lower chest discomfort
- Back Pain
- Unusual fatigue
- Unusual shortness or breath
- Dizziness
- Nausea
Call 911 – Don’t wait more than 5 minutes
Cardiac Catheterization
Early diagnosis of cardiovascular disease is critical. For optimal outcomes, Heart Institute at Oak Hill Hospital’s new cath lab uses latest generation imaging equipment and techniques for cardiac diagnostic testing. View list of available procedures »
Open Heart Surgery
Patients will be cared for in the new CV Recovery Unit or the new CV Intensive Care Unit at Heart Institute at Oak Hill Hospital, featuring private rooms with continuous bedside cardiac monitoring, portable telemetry monitoring and non invasive blood pressure monitoring.
Valve Treatment
Catheter-based or surgical repair for defective valves, or heart valve replacement surgery, an open-heart surgery procedure in which a defective valve is replaced with either a biological or mechanical valve.
Support Group
Oak Hill Hospital offers a Healthy Hearts support group open to anyone looking for information on cardiac disease. For more information call 352-597-6333 in Hernando or 352-628-6060 in Citrus.
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For more information, please contact the Heart Institute at 352-596-6632 in Hernando or 352-628-6441 in Citrus.
For more information, please contact the Heart Institute at (352) 596-6632 in Hernando or (352) 628-6441 in Citrus.
Our cardiology patients have access to an experienced team of physicians, nurses, clinicians and rehabilitation specialists.
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