Location

Heart & Vascular Center 4802 Tenth Avenue Brooklyn, NY  12219 Map Link Phone: (718) 283-7489

Physicians and Staff

Jacob Shani, MD Chair, Heart & Vascular Center Chair, Department of Cardiology (718) 283-7480

Robert Frankel, MD Director, Interventional Cardiology (718) 283-7480

Yisachar Greenberg, MD Director of Cardiac Electrophysiology (718) 283-6842

Alvin Greengart, MD Director, Non-Invasive Cardiology (718) 283-6473

Norbert Moskovits, MD Director, Heart Failure Program; Assoc. Director, Clinical Cardiology & Coronary Care Unit (718) 283-7948

Greg Ribakove, MD Director, Cardiothoracic Surgery Vice Chair, Surgery (718) 283-7686

Treatments

Interventional Cardiology

• Coronary Angioplasty (PTCA)
• Intracoronary Stenting (simple, complex & high-risk) 
• Drug Coated Stenting
• Cutting balloons
• Directional coronary atherectomy (DCA)
• Rotational atherectomy
• Thrombolytic therapy
• Cardiac Biopsy
• Impella (minimally invasive assist device)
• Implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD)
• Permanent pacemaker Nullam

Structural Heart Disease

• PDA Closure
• ASD Closure
• Valvuloplasty of mitral and aortic valves

Electrophysiology (EPS)

• Defibrillator implantation
• Pacemaker implantation
• Catheter Ablation of atrial and ventricular arrythmias
• 3-dimensional arrhythmias mapping with image integration of computed tomography and echocardiograph
• Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy (CRT)
• “CT Angio Merge” and Cardiac MRI Guided Ablation
• Laser Cardiac Lead Extraction
• Out-patient cardiac device management clinic

Cardiothoracic Surgery

• Coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) complex & high risk
• Mitral & aortic valve repair
• Thoracic aneurysm repair 
• Endoscopic radial & saphenous harvesting
• Arterial coronary artery bypass grafts
• Permanent pacemaker implant
• Arrythmia ablation surgery
• Transmyocardial laser revascularization (TMR)
• Cardiac assist devices (LVAD, RVAD, BiVAD)

Minimally Invasive Cardiac Surgery

• Beating heart surgery
• Minimally invasive direct coronary artery bypass
• Minimally invasive mitral valve repair
• Aortic valve surgery keyhole approach
• Minimally invasive surgery for cardiac myxoma

Rehabilitation and Prevention

• Exercise training & monitoring
• Nutrition education
• Psychosocial support programs