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FCCI is One of the First to Use New Diamondback 360® Technology For Treatment of Coronary Artery Disease

– Dr. Omer Zuberi, of First Coast Cardiovascular Institute in Jacksonville, FL, is one  of the first in the country to use the Diamondback 360® Coronary Orbital Atherectomy System

Dr. Omer Zuberi Becomes First Physician in Northeast Florida to Offer Patients a New Heart Failure Monitoring Solution

(Jacksonville, FL – May 28, 2015) – We are proud to announce Dr. Omer Zuberi, Interventional Cardiologist, is the first physician in Northeast Florida to implant the CardioMEMS Heart Failure (HF) System. The CardioMEMS HF System is the first

Collaborative Cardiovascular Care is The Key to Success at First Coast Cardiovascular Institute®

Your cardiovascular health is no longer a one-man show; these days it takes a village of subspecialties to keep your ticker ticking!

It used to be that the general practitioner took care of all our medical needs. That was more than 50 years ago. Since then, the revolution in cardiovascular medicine and technology has made

Emergency surgery followed many missed chances to diagnose illness

Emergency surgery followed many missed chances to diagnose illness
By Sandra G. Boodman

Songer, then 54, was alone in his Jacksonville, Fla., home after a long day at work when he suddenly felt a searing pain — “like something hit me on the back of the head with a sledgehammer” — that

Powerhouse Physicians

Women in Medicine Delivering Extraordinary Care at Orange Park Medical Center
By Cheryl Lock

Everything.

That was the answer every one of the nine physicians—all of whom are on staff at Orange Park Medical Center — gave while being interviewed when the question was, “What do you love about your job?”

It’s a hard question

Cook Medical Completes Patient Enrollment for Study to Treat Arterial Occlusions From the Retrograde Tibiopedal Approach

Bloomington, Ind. — Cook Medical has completed patient enrollment in a study evaluating a technique for achieving vascular access via below-the-knee arteries. The new access technique could be used in treating peripheral arterial disease (PAD), including patients with critical limb ischemia (CLI).

The Tibiopedal Access for Crossing of Infrainguinal Artery Occlusions study enrolled 200 patients with completely obstructed lower-limb arteries.1

The

Providing Outstanding Care At Lower Out Of Pocket Costs

A recovering economy and skyrocketing healthcare costs present a challenge for patients and providers alike, but while others are still scrambling for a solution, First Coast Cardiovascular Institute is already treating patients at lower out-of-pocket costs.

“High quality care doesn’t always have to equal high cost,” says