Programs

Renaissance Cardiology offers a wide range of services for people who have, or are at risk for developing, heart disease.

Our multidisciplinary Cardiac Rehabilitation and Prevention Program provides the highest quality of care available, from exercise programs to smoking cessation strategies and cholesterol management. .

We provide each patient with:

• Initial assessment by a cardiologist
• Exercise testing
• Supervised exercise training
• Personal nutrition evaluation and weight management
• Cholesterol screening and management
• Smoking cessation
• Risk-factor modification and education
• Follow-up maintenance
• Periodic reports to referring physicians.

The program serves to help prevent the onset or worsening of cardiovascular disease by evaluating and managing high cholesterol and blood lipid levels. Our multidisciplinary staff includes physicians, nurses, and nutritionists from the Sections of Cardiology, Endocrinology and Nutrition. Our staff members work closely with each patient's primary care physician. Patients receive an individualized program of medical therapy, nutritional counseling, exercise and education.
 

Cardiomyopathy/Heart Failure
Our multidisciplinary program provides comprehensive diagnostic and therapeutic services to patients with all types of cardiomyopathy and heart failure, ranging from silent cardiac enlargement to advanced symptomatic heart failure.
 

The full range of treatment alternatives includes:

• Assessment of risks and design of a complete medical program for any patient with impaired cardiac function.
• Re-evaluation of therapy for patients with recurrent symptoms or frequent hospitalization.
• New investigational drugs and devices.
• Cardiac resynchronization therapy with biventricular pacing.
• Evaluation and therapy of associated dysrhythmias.
• Evaluation for complex surgical procedures to improve cardiac function.
• Evaluation and support with univentricular and biventricular mechanical assist devices, as bridge to transplant or destination therapy.
• Evaluation for heart transplantation.

Referral may be initiated by patients, primary care physicians, or cardiologists either for outpatient evaluation or inpatient hospital transfer. Subsequent care will include assessment by advanced heart disease faculty and heart failure nurse specialists, with continued involvement as requested by the patient and referring physician.