Many people know that cardiovascular disease is the nation's number one killer.
However, many aren't aware that one of the leading heart programs in the country is in Central Florida. More than 17,000 complex cardiac procedures are performed at Florida Hospital each year, including catheterizations, angioplasties and open heart surgery. The physicians of the Florida Heart Institute are committed to fighting heart disease through participation in national and international research studies, involving the Institute's cardiovascular surgeons and cardiologists in clinical trials of cardiac drugs, devices and procedures. Cases included his experience between March 1987 and September 1997. There were no sternal wound infections.