Forsyth Medical Center provides comprehensive heart attack care, from advanced diagnostic tools to leading-edge, rapid-response treatment. Our highly-skilled, specially trained physicians and staff can quickly pinpoint your condition and use the latest treatment methods to provide you with the best possible outcome and the shortest possible recovery time.
Chest Pain Centers
Our accredited Chest Pain Center is ready to provide rapid-response treatment in the event that you or a loved one experiences chest pain or any other heart attack warning sign. Using advanced diagnostic tools, including one of the fastest CT scanners available today, our team works quickly to determine whether or not you are actually having a heart attack. If you are, you will be taken immediately to our Cath Lab, where we will open the blockage and stop the heart attack in its tracks.
Forsyth Medical Center has Cycle II accreditation from the Society of Chest Pain Centers. By meeting a wide range of stringent criteria and passing onsite evaluations, we have demonstrated our expertise and commitment to the highest level of chest pain care. If you experience heart attack warning signs and come to Forsyth Medical Center, you can rest assured knowing that you will receive the highest level of care when every second counts.
Quality Outcomes
At Forsyth Medical Center, our heart attack patients have quality outcomes. That's because we focus on quality in everything that we do. We compare our heart and vascular care to that of other hospitals across the country to ensure that we are practicing medicine at the highest possible level. In many cases, we are leading the way on a national scale. Learn more
Mission Lifeline
Forsyth Medical Center has taken part in statewide initiatives to improve the care of heart attack victims in North Carolina. Our care of heart attack patients exceeds national standards and serves as a model for others. Mission Lifeline, a project of the American Heart Association (AHA), is tackling heart attack care across the country. Learn more
