Piedmont Fayette Hospital Opens Heart Failure Center

Thursday, May 01, 2008

CONTACT:  Ryan Duffy - 770-719-7076 

FAYETTEVILLE, GA (May 2, 2008) – More than five million Americans are living with a diagnosis of heart failure, and each year 550,000 new cases are diagnosed.  To educate and improve the daily lives and health conditions of people in the Fayette community who are living with heart failure, Piedmont Fayette Hospital opened a state-of-the-art Heart Failure Center in April on the second floor in the Cardiology Department.

The Heart Failure Center provides individualized care management and a variety of services including outpatient clinic visits, patient and family education, follow-up phone calls, outpatient intravenous infusions, and medical management.  The Heart Failure Center also will provide advance heart failure care through pharmacologic interventions, based on American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Consensus Guidelines.  Patients at the Heart Failure Center will have the opportunity to assist in developing their own care plan and long-term treatment plans.

“Heart failure is a serious condition, but early diagnosis, lifestyle changes and education can improve the health conditions of people living with heart failure,” said Sumandeep S. Sangha, M.D. “Piedmont Fayette Hospital's new Heart Failure Center provides patients with proper education and care to improve their overall quality of life."

Heart failure is a condition where the heart is unable to pump enough blood throughout the body. Having heart failure does not mean that the heart has stopped or is about to stop working.  With heart failure the heart is not capable of delivering oxygen and nutrient rich blood to the body’s cells causing fatigue, shortness of breath, weight gain, and swelling in the legs or ankles.

"I am fortunate to be a part of the Piedmont Fayette Hospital family. It is exciting to watch our community hospital grow in a positive direction to meet the needs of this community,” said Karen Gooding, APRN, BC, nurse practitioner. “The new Heart Failure Center is a perfect example of Piedmont Fayette Hospital's commitment to excellence and quality healthcare service.” 

A physician referral is required. For more information on the Heart Failure Center, call 770-719-6050.

About Piedmont Fayette Hospital
Named one of the nation’s Most Wired  hospitals for three consecutive years in the 100 Most Wired Survey and Benchmarking Study, Piedmont Fayette Hospital (PFH), is a 143-bed, acute-care community hospital located on Highway 54 in Fayetteville, offering 24-hour emergency services, medical and surgical services, as well as obstetrics, diagnostic cardiac catheterization and rehabilitation services. With approximately 1,100 employees and a medical staff of more than 360 physicians, PFH is a member of Piedmont Healthcare (PHC), a not-for-profit organization that also includes Piedmont Hospital, a 481-bed acute tertiary care facility offering all major medical, surgical and diagnostic services located on 26 acres in the north Atlanta community of Buckhead; Piedmont Mountainside Hospital, a 42-bed community hospital in Jasper; Piedmont Newnan Hospital, a 143-bed, acute-care community hospital in Newnan; the Piedmont Heart Institute (PHI), an integrated cardiovascular healthcare delivery system that includes the Fuqua Heart Center of Atlanta and   Piedmont Heart Institute Physicians; the Piedmont Hospital Foundation, the philanthropic entity for private fundraising initiatives; the Piedmont Physicians Group, with more than 80  primary care physicians in 27 offices throughout metro Atlanta; and the Piedmont Clinic, a 567-member physician network. For more information, visit www.fayettehospital.org.