Heart Care (Cardiology)

With a team of expert, fellowship-trained cardiologists and established affiliations with leading tertiary hospitals in the Boston area, Emerson Hospital offers comprehensive heart care in a convenient, close-to-home setting.

You can count on us for an array of services designed to reduce the impact of heart disease and improve quality of life through prevention, diagnosis, treatment and cardiac rehabilitation.
 

The heart care services we provide at Emerson 

Emerson’s team of cardiologists provides specialized cardiac care for patients of all ages. From preventive initiatives to manage heart disease risk factors to interventions for heart rhythm disorders to cardiac rehab after a heart attack, your heart is in good hands at Emerson. The services we provide include:

• Comprehensive diagnostic testing
• Thorough, attentive care for preventing and managing cardiovascular disease
• Highly coordinated heart attack (myocardial infarction) care
• Expert diagnosis and treatment of heart rhythm disorders (arrhythmias)
• Expertise in diagnosing and treating congestive heart failure
• Extensive cardiac rehabilitation resources
• Specialized expertise in treating children with heart disease

Support services and groups for people with heart disease

Emerson Hospital also offers a variety of complementary specialty services to help people manage conditions that contribute or are related to heart disease. These include:

• The Center for Weight Loss provides medical and surgical options for weight loss.
• The Center for Wound Care and Hyperbaric Medicine helps patients manage non-healing wounds, sometimes a complication of vascular (blood flow) problems.
• The Elizabeth Agarwal Diabetes Centerprovides clinical care, support and education for people with diabetes, a condition that increases the risk for developing cardiovascular disease.
• The Steinberg Wellness Center for Mind and Body at Emerson offers a wide range of community health and wellness programs and classes that can help participants lower cardiac risk factors through heart-healthy eating, smoking cessation, weight loss and stress reduction.

State-of-the-art cardiac care facilities

Should you or a loved one require hospitalization, Emerson Hospital has invested in advanced technology and resources to provide the best-possible cardiac care:

• A dedicated Coronary Care Unit (CCU) where patients with serious heart problems are closely monitored and receive specialized, individual care from board-certified cardiologists and nurses with advanced training in cardiac care
• For patients with heart-related conditions who require monitoring but do not need the intensive nursing care of the CCU, every one of Emerson’s 179 beds is equipped with state-of-the-art Telemetry equipment, which continuously monitors patients’ heart rates and rhythms 

Quality heart care, quality outcomes

At Emerson Hospital, we take our commitment to quality care seriously. That is why we closely measure and monitor how we do in complying with key measures related to care quality and good patient outcomes. You can see how we are doing here.

Heart Health Podcast

Listen to Dr. Jonathan Greene discuss why cholesterol is such a core component in cardiovascular health and why some patients do well on cholesterol medication but others can improve cholesterol levels with lifestyle modifications in this Health Works Here podcast "Keeping Your Heart Healthy: What Is All the Fuss About Cholesterol?".  [Apple Podcasts | Google Play Music | Spotify]