Message from the Leadership

"The Heart and Vascular Center at Maimonides Medical Center is committed to serve the health care needs of our community by providing comprehensive personalized care to each patient by maintaining a well-trained, professional and caring staff. Our goal is to provide advanced diagnostic and therapeutic procedures by incorporating the most modern technologies, coupled with compassionate, individualized care, tailored to the needs of our patients and the communities we serve.

Our clinicians and staff are recognized for their excellent outcomes, ranking our program among the top ten in the United States. We are proud of the fact that our heart failure and valve programs are the only available option in the Borough of Brooklyn, for advanced therapies, such as, implantable assist devices and valves.

The Maimonides Heart and Vascular Center is made up of a team of cardiovascular specialists and staff committed to provide the best care to each patient, every day, in an accessible and compassionate manner."

Jacob Shani, MD
Chair, The Heart and Vascular Center
Director, Division of Cardiology

AMORCYTE Preserve AMI Study - Stem Cell Research
The research is focused on patients who have received a stent to open the blocked artery after a specific heart attack called an ST-Sement Elevation Myocardial Infraction, or STEMI. Read More> 

An LVAD is a mechanical pump that assists people with weak hearts or those with heart failure. It is implanted into the chest and helps pump blood from the lower left chamber of the heart to the rest of the body. An LVAD can be implanted as a long-term treatment for heart failure, especially in patients too frail to be candidates for a heart transplant. Read More> 

TRANSCATHETER AORTIC VALVE REPLACEMENT "TAVR"
An innovative approach to the treatment of severe narrowing of the aortic valve opening. Instead of open heart surgery, a balloon catheter is placed in the femoral artery (in the groin) and guided into the heart. A compressed heart valve is then placed in the catheter and directed inside the diseased aortic valve. Once in position, the balloon is inflated to secure the valve in place. Learn More>

FOR HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONALS
 Join Us for the 15th Annual Cardiac Symposium
 

Recent Advances in Cardiovascular Disease:
Medical & Surgical

Thursday, December 6, 2012 from 8am - 11:45am in
                              Schreiber Auditorium, 4802 Tenth Avenue, Brooklyn Learn More>