Facts About Heart Disease
Heart failure can be caused by several types of heart disease. Get the facts about heart failure.
Medical Treatment for Heart Failure
There are several types of medication that can help relieve symptoms of heart failure.
Devices and Surgery for Heart Failure
Many newer devices and surgical treatments are available for heart failure.
Our Safe Care Commitment
The health and safety of our patients, families and staff is our top priority. We know that COVID-19 will be with us for the foreseeable future, so we're taking a comprehensive approach to provide you and your loved ones the safest possible environment. Read our Safe Care Commitment.
Experienced Care for Heart Failure
Our board-certified physicians and surgeons in the Heart & Vascular Center are leaders in the evolution of advanced care for heart failure. Our team behind the discovery of defibrillation and cardiac resynchronization were the first to use ACE inhibitors to stop the progression of heart failure and performed the first successful artificial heart transplant and the first ventricular assist device implantation in New England. We continue to develop new strategies for improving heart function through innovative research and clinical trials.
We provide comprehensive inpatient and outpatient care to adults with complex heart failure caused by cardiomyopathy and other life-threatening heart diseases. Our multidisciplinary team of cardiologists, interventional cardiologists, electrophysiologists, cardiac surgeons, cardiac anesthesiologists, radiologists, nurse practitioners, and social workers work together to achieve the best plan of care for our patients.
Our team of specialists are available to connect with you through Virtual Visits. For initial consults, second opinions, treatment planning, and follow-up care, you can receive individualized, expert cardiac care from the comfort of your home.
Our Advanced Heart Failure/Cardiomyopathy Program offers patients access to many clinical trials as well as innovative therapies and programs, including:
- Implantable hemodynamic monitors that allow patients to transmit cardiac information from home to physicians for adjustment of therapies
- New left ventricular assist devices which are smaller, quieter, and more comfortable for continuous support of circulation
- New hybrid therapies that combine percutaneous interventions (injected or absorbed through the skin) and open surgical procedures (conventional or minimally invasive) for safe, effective, and durable therapy with minimal surgical trauma
- Our ACT (advanced cardiac therapy) Unit, which provides complex monitoring and intervention in a comfortable, inpatient setting
- Our Clinical Cardiovascular Genetics Program, the first of its kind in New England, offering evaluation and blood testing for genetic cardiac disorders
- Our Diastolic Heart Failure Program, which evaluates heart failure patients who have normal heart contraction
- Coordinated care from top ranked hospital for cardiology & heart surgery in the country, as ranked by U.S. News & World Report
Request an Appointment
We are steadfast in our commitment to treating you in the safest possible environment and are seeing patients both in person and through Virtual Visits. To request an appointment, please call 857-307-6048 Monday - Friday, 8am-5pm ET or complete the form to receive a callback.
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