Heart Care at Wellstar Spalding Medical Center
Wellstar Spalding Medical Center provides expert heart care close to home. Receive personalized, compassionate cardiovascular care to help you live your healthiest life.
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Heart Care That’s Tailored for You
As a member of the Wellstar Health System, Wellstar Spalding Medical Center is part of the largest Emergency Cardiac Care Center (ECCC) network in Georgia. This allows us to access expertise across our health system to find the right specialist for your heart care needs. We are also a Joint Commission designated Primary Stroke Center and The American Heart Association has recognized Wellstar Spalding Medical Center with its Mission: Lifeline® - NSTEMI - BRONZE Award.
The heart of every individual is unique -- that’s why their heart care must be unique as well. We collaborate with you to understand your health care needs and create a personalized treatment plan that meets you right where you are.
Managing a heart condition includes determining the right medications and considering lifestyle changes. When a heart procedure is warranted, our physicians will consider all the possible approaches, including minimally invasive procedures which reduce complications and improve recovery time. Our goal is to get you back to feeling your very best.
Our comprehensive care team
At Wellstar Spalding Medical Center, our board-certified cardiologists, advanced practice providers, registered nurses and cardiovascular technicians are well-trained in specialized cardiovascular care. Our experts know how to consider all aspects of your heart health and recommend the right approach to support your overall wellness. Our full range of services is available to help you explore healthy options, including dietary and rehabilitation services.Our team has undergone rigorous training and evaluation, as evidenced by our recognitions including:
- Get With the Guidelines Coronary Artery Disease NSTEMI Gold with Target Type 2 Diabetes
- Get With the Guidelines Stroke Gold Plus Target: Stroke Elite Plus Honor Roll Target: Type 2 Diabetes Honor Roll
Heart Care Highlights
Our Services
- General Cardiology
- Cardiac Catheterization
- PCI
- Pacemakers and Defibrillators
- Peripheral Vascular Services
- Other Heart Services
- Behavioral Medicine
General Cardiology
To achieve your best level of heart health, we’ve assembled a team of experts in multiple areas of specialized care. Our physicians have the training and experience to provide coordinated, comprehensive care to address your heart condition.Cardiac Catheterization
Our interventional cardiologists are experts in catheter-based heart procedures, which are minimally invasive. Instead of accessing the heart with a large chest incision, these treatments use arteries and veins to deliver targeted treatment. As a result, patients typically recover more quickly and experience fewer complications. These advanced procedures address many heart conditions, such as heart attacks and arrhythmia.Percutaneous Cardiac Intervention (PCI)
At Wellstar Spalding Medical Center, our heart patients benefit from expert, minimally invasive techniques like Percutaneous Cardiac Intervention (stent placement), also known as PCI. PCI can be used to treat plaque buildup in the heart by opening clogged blood vessels without open chest surgery. Because traditional open heart surgery is not required, patients tend to recover faster and with better overall results.Pacemakers and Defibrillators
Our team specializes in the placement of advanced devices to treat heart rhythm disorders or arrhythmias. Implanted devices, including pacemakers and defibrillators, help patients with these heart concerns live active, healthy lives while worrying less about cardiac complications.Cardioversion is a non-invasive treatment for dysrhythmia like atrial fibrillation. The goal is to restore regular heart rhythm by sending controlled electric shocks to the heart via electrodes placed on the chest. For many patients, this is a safe, effective method for treating heart rhythm disorders which does not require surgery. Medication may also be used to achieve the results of cardioversion.
Peripheral Vascular Services
Wellstar’s peripheral vascular care team helps people improve symptoms and stop the progression of peripheral vascular conditions. Our team will recommend the appropriate level of treatment for an individual. Personalized care plans may include lifestyle changes or minimally-invasive procedures by our highly skilled interventional cardiologists.Learn more about peripheral vascular treatments at Wellstar.
Other Heart Services
Our program of care at Wellstar Spalding Medical Center includes other vascular services and diagnostics, as well, including blood clot intervention and treatments for poor blood flow.Cardiovascular Behavioral Medicine
Our cardiovascular behavioral medicine team empowers people with heart conditions to achieve their health goals, manage emotions related to their condition and help avoid rehospitalization. Sometimes low mood, panic, overwhelming emotions, difficulties with problem-solving or memory, frustration with making change, and chronic fatigue get in the way of progress. Our heart-focused behavioral health team members use scientifically-supported approaches to help people overcome these barriers. If you have a cardiac condition, have made a good-faith effort at change and are still struggling to achieve health goal success, a referral to one of our clinicians could help.Our office is in Marietta but we offer virtual appointments depending on your preference and clinical needs.
Learn more about cardiovascular behavioral health at Wellstar.