Copeland, Forbes & Rossi Cardiac Care Center
At French Hospital Medical Center, we are proud to have San Luis Obispo County's leading heart care specialists, skilled nurses and technologists, as well as emergency staff available
24 hours a day, 7 days a week
. Featuring state-of-the-art technology, our specialists can accurately diagnose and treat your heart to lead you to a successful recovery from heart disease.
When a heart attack happens, every minute counts. Through ongoing education and analysis of the systems that shorten times to treatment, French Hospital, and its team of cardiac specialists, continually improve the delivery of heart attack care. During the treatment of an acute heart attack, nothing is more important than rapid access to care, rapid diagnosis and rapid treatment to open the closed artery. Many scientific studies have shown that survival rates, severity of heart attack and successful outcomes depend on these critical factors. This paradigm has been coined "the door to balloon time" or D2B.
A national benchmark of less than 90 minutes has been established by the American College of Cardiology, however this goal is only achieved 35%of the time nationwide. "It is remarkable that French Hospital has been able to achieve a door to balloon time of 56 minutes for heart attack patients treated in 2007. The coordination of resources required to attain such a goal during a critical illness is an enormous feat, and is a tribute to the dedication, skill and motivation of the medical and support staff," says Interventional Cardiologist, Robert J. Doria, MD.
French Hospital Medical Center has had a long-time commitment to a heart healthy community. In 1981, FHMC built the first cardiac catheterization laboratory and performed the first cardiac surgery in San Luis Obispo County. Since that time we have performed well over 5,000 open heart cases. We have also performed nearly 19,000 cardiac catheterization procedures.
For more information call the Cardio Secretaries (805) 542-6238.
