The Leader in Cardiac Technology
and Superior Care

Comprehensive cardiac care in Palm Beach County is available at the JFK Heart Institute. Services include cardiac diagnostics, cardiac catheterization, open heart surgery, cardiac rehabilitation, education and support, electrophysiology and 24-hour chest pain emergency care. JFK Medical Center is always adding new services such as Enhanced External Counterpulsation (EECP), a non-surgical treatment for blocked arteries. Our exceptional team of cardiac surgeons boasts a success rate that surpasses many other top-ranked cardiac centers.

Our cardiac rehabilitation program, one of the largest in the country, is nationally recognized for its exercise programs and team of educators, nurses dietitians and exercise physiologists who guide our patients through all phases of recovery.

The Heart Institute at JFK Medical Center, founded in 1987, has earned its reputation for excellence by being the first in new technology and research, offering a variety of high-quality successful treatments and procedures, and by working closely with patients and families to ensure a timely return to an active and full life. Its superior care has made The Heart Institute at JFK is the busiest facility of its kind in Palm Beach County in the combined number of open heart surgery cases, cardiac catheterization, angioplasty and related diagnostic procedures. According to the most recent data from the Florida Agency for Health Care Administration, JFK Medical Center has the best survival rate in South Florida for coronary artery bypass surgery - more than 99 percent. Our survival rate exceeds leading heart centers throughout the United States.

In 1989, The Heart Institute was the first in Palm Beach County to use the Automatic Implantable Cardiac Defibrillator, a lifesaving device that monitors cardiac activity and can electrically convert irregular heart rhythm to a regular rhythm. The Heart Institute was the nation's first to implant a metabolic pacemaker, designed to adjust to increased physical activity and emotional stress without the uncomfortable side effects associated with conventional pacemakers. The Heart Institute at JFK was also the first in Florida to use directional coronary atherectomy and the first in Palm Beach County to open an outpatient cardiac catheterization unit.

For more information about the Heart Institute at JFK,
please call
561-548-3627

More about
heart care
at JFK:

Chest Pain
Emergency Center

Warning Symptoms
of a Heart Attack

Diagnostic Cardiology

Cardiac Catheterization

Cardiac Surgery

Cardiac Rehabilitation

Cardiology Department