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At Your Side at Every Step

When you or a loved one has heart problems, you want cardiac experts with the skill, commitment, and compassion to give you the finest possible heart care. At AdventHealth Pepin Heart Institute, located at AdventHealth Tampa, that means more than treatment for your heart problem. We're at your side at every step from diagnosis to recovery and beyond — supporting your physical, emotional, and spiritual needs throughout your journey.

The Gold Standard in Heart Care

Forward-Thinking

AdventHealth Pepin Heart Institute works to provide you better care every day. Consistently among the first in the nation to perform new procedures such as the Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement (TAVR) and the Watchman Procedure, patients at the institute have access to the most recent advances in medicine — bringing you new therapies and technologies before they’re widely available.

Experienced

To better serve you, AdventHealth Pepin Heart Institute’s physicians, nurses, technicians, and staff have worked for more than 35 years to create one of the leading cardiovascular programs in the region. Together they’ve performed more than 76,000 angioplasty procedures and over 11,000 open-heart surgeries.

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Healing Hearts in Tampa Bay for 35 Years

As we celebrate the 35th anniversary of our AdventHealth Pepin Heart Institute, we remember the legacy that Art and Tom Pepin began and that the family continues.

We honor your innumerable stories of healing as we continue to provide the most advanced cardiovascular technology from the best and brightest heart health experts.

Serving our community for more than three decades has been a privilege and joy. The future of Tampa Bay heart care is bright, and we look forward to helping you feel whole for decades to come.

Our Heart Care Programs

  • Advanced Heart Failure Program

    The Advanced Heart Failure Program at AdventHealth Pepin Heart Institute works with patients to create individualized treatment plans for this debilitating and life-threatening disease. This includes the latest medicine, technology that helps the heart pump better and in a more synchronized way, and surgical interventions.

  • Cardiac Catheterization

    When you need us most, we’re right here for you with five state-of-the-art cardiac catheterization laboratories helping save lives every day. If you have an irregular heartbeat, there are two electrophysiology labs to diagnose and treat your condition. If you need a stress test, electrocardiography, or echocardiography to diagnose your heart condition, our experts in the noninvasive cardiology lab will explain the tests and next steps with uncommon compassion.

  • Cardiovascular Rehabilitation

    When you’re recovering from a cardiac event or heart-related procedure, you need extra care and support. You need a specialized program of exercise and nutrition to help you recover quickly and stay as healthy as possible. At the Shimberg Cardiovascular Prevention and Rehabilitation Center, you’ll work with rehabilitation experts to make sure you’re safe as you progress toward fitness.

  • Cardiovascular Surgery

    Trust your heart to us. Modeled after Christ's example of uncommon compassion, your skilled open-heart, thoracic and vascular team will be by your side at every step — from first learning about your need for surgery though recovery and beyond.

  • Chest Pain Emergency Room

    If you or a loved one has heart attack symptoms, every second counts. Get the treatment you need, when you need it. Highly trained doctors and nurses are here for you twenty four hours a day, seven days a week to help with chest pain and other symptoms of heart attack.

  • Heart Rhythm Center

    Does your heart flutter, race, or feel like it skips a beat? Irregular heartbeats are common. Many heart arrhythmias don’t cause problems, but some need treatment. Dedicated experts use the latest techniques to diagnose and treat heart arrhythmias such as atrial fibrillation, also called A-Fib.

  • Heart Valve Center

    If you have a heart valve that doesn’t work properly, a repair or replacement might be the solution you need. Your team of physicians and technologists can tell you which procedures may be right for your personal circumstances. They’ll explain every detail clearly, so you feel informed and cared for every step of the way. That includes diagnostic imaging and treatments such as the latest minimally invasive, surgical and non-surgical heart health care.

  • Interventional Cardiology

    If you’ve been told you have blockage to your heart, let us help. Some types of heart disease can improve with minimally invasive procedures to open blocked vessels in the heart and restore blood flow. Interventional cardiologists are specialists who perform life-saving procedures like these.

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Access Advanced Technology for Your Heart

Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement (TAVR)

For people who have severe aortic stenosis (a narrowing of the heart’s aortic valve) and may not be candidates for open-heart surgery, groundbreaking procedures like TAVR offer a safer alternative.

AdventHealth surgeons and invasive cardiologists were some of the first in Florida to perform this less-invasive option, which is done through a small incision in the leg.

With advanced procedures like TAVR, we’re elevating our heart care and improving clinical outcomes that mean fewer complications, shorter hospital stays and faster recoveries for our patients.

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WATCHMAN FLX™

The WATCHMAN FLX is a small device that’s implanted inside the left atrial appendage (small pouch in the top left heart chamber), closing off a part of the heart where blood clots most commonly form.

Implanting the FLX is a minimally invasive, one-time procedure that helps prevent blood clots, lowering your risk for stroke. The procedure is completed within an hour and patients commonly stay in the hospital overnight and leave the next day.

If you’re experiencing an irregular heartbeat and can’t tolerate blood thinners, the FLX could help. To see if this device could be right for you, click below to learn more or call our team today.

Learn More About WATCHMAN FLX
Micra™ Pacemaker

About the size of a vitamin capsule, Micra is the world’s smallest pacemaker, designed for patients with a slow heart rate. Unlike most pacemakers, Micra is leadless and implanted directly into the heart — all in one minimally invasive procedure with no chest incision needed.

Because Micra is self-contained within the heart, it eliminates possible medical complications arising from a chest incision and from the wires with conventional pacemakers. By using Micra, we’re able to help our patients get back to their regular activities without restrictions.

MitraClip™

Inserting the MitraClip device is a minimally invasive procedure for treating mitral valve regurgitation. During the procedure, the MitraClip device is implanted in your heart, connecting the areas of your mitral valve, significantly reducing the backflow of blood and decreasing your risk of heart failure. Your surgeon positions and repositions the device in real time to ensure you get the proper fit in just one procedure.

This breakthrough treatment option can improve your quality of life and lead you to whole-person recovery.

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Award-Winning Care You Can Trust

Our heart and vascular teams at AdventHealth Pepin Heart Institute, a part of AdventHealth Tampa, uphold the highest standards of safety and quality for every patient, every time they need us. While we’ve been recognized with these distinctions, our greatest achievement will always be caring for you.

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Blue Distinction® Center for Cardiac Care

Florida Blue recognizes us as a Blue Distinction® Center for Cardiac Care as part of the Blue Distinction® Specialty Care program.

2024 American College of Cardiology HeartCARE™ Center Designation.

HeartCARE™ Center

This National Distinction of Excellence program recognizes hospitals that demonstrate dedication to a comprehensive, high-quality culture.

American College of Cardiology - Gold Performance for Chest Pain - MI Registry

Chest Pain Performance Achievement

This award recognizes our high quality and level of competency in applying the American College of Cardiology (ACC) and American Heart Association (AHA) clinical guidelines.

AdventHealth is a certified organization for Transcatheter Valve procedures by The American College of Cardiology

TAVR Certification

This certification highlights hospitals delivering high-quality TAVR and TEER procedures with formalized training and shared decision-making.

AdventHealth is an accredited organization for Cardiac Cath Lab by The American College of Cardiology

Cardiac Cath Lab Accreditation

Our accreditation recognizes our approach to cath lab services and helps us implement all essential pre-, peri- and post-procedures.

AdventHealth is an accredited organization for Chest Pain by The American College of Cardiology

Chest Pain Center Accreditation

This designation proves our competency in treating heart attacks with primary percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) available 24/7.

AdventHealth is an accredited organization for Electrophysiology by The American College of Cardiology

Electrophysiology
Accreditation

Our electrophysiology accreditation merges the latest science and process improvements with guidelines and expert consensus statements.

AdventHealth is an accredited organization for Heart Failure by The American College of Cardiology

Heart Failure Accreditation

This accreditation demonstrates our commitment to our patients and clinicians as we employ best practices in heart failure care.

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IAC Accredited Facility for Vascular Testing

This accreditation recognizes our commitment to providing quality testing for the diagnosis of vascular disease in our Vascular Lab at AdventHealth Medical Group Vascular Surgery at Tampa.

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Additional Accreditations and Rankings

AdventHealth Orlando is recognized by U.S. News & World Report as a nationally rated leader in Heart Attack..

National Leader in Heart Attack Care

AdventHealth Tampa is recognized by U.S. News & World Report as a nationally rated leader in heart attack care.

AdventHealth Orlando is recognized by U.S. News & World Report as a nationally rated leader in Heart Failure.

National Leader in Heart Failure Care

AdventHealth Tampa is recognized by U.S. News & World Report as a nationally rated leader in heart failure care.

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Heart-Felt Giving

In 1986, Tampa businessman Art “Pep” Pepin awaited a heart transplant. After Pep received his new heart in Texas from a 26-year-old donor, he and his family returned to Tampa and focused their philanthropic interest in making the most advanced heart care available right here at home. The founder of Pepin Distributing Company and a Tampa community leader for decades, Pep put his money where his heart was, as he and his son, Tom, pledged to help our hospital’s new cardiac program grow.

Over 35 years later, it has become one of the leading programs in the Tampa area. Today, the Pepin Heart Institute combines three decades of experience with leading-edge technology and procedures, with the expertise of the area's finest physicians to bring the best possible heart care to Tampa Bay.

You too can be a part of this legacy. Learn more about how you can support the Pepin Heart Institute and give with heart.

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