Cardiovascular Services

With a 5-star rating – 4 years in a row - from the Internet health care benchmarking group HealthGrades, Holy Name Medical Center's comprehensive cardiovascular program provides a full range of diagnostic, treatment, and prevention services, including primary angioplasty.

Holy Name is also the first medical center in New Jersey to utilize both Cardiac PET/CT stress testing, which employs revolutionary PET technology (positron emission tomography) to better detect the presence and extent of heart disease, and non invasive 64-Slice CT Angiography, which produces three dimensional images of the heart so vivid and precise, it can dramatically improve a physician's ability to safely determine – or exclude - the presence of coronary artery disease and heart blockages.

The goal of the Department of Cardiology at Holy Name Medical Center is to provide services along a continuum of wellness, so that every patient's care is streamlined and flows smoothly through each stage of his/her illness. The multidisciplinary cardiac team comprises experts in all aspects of cardiovascular disease and its management. The team includes board-certified cardiologists and interventional cardiologists, registered nurses, exercise physiologists, registered and certified diagnostic technologists and technicians, rehabilitation specialists, and a specially trained support staff.

Patients experiencing acute pain, pressure, or tightness in their chest are urged to immediately proceed to Holy Name Medical Center's Emergency Department. Patients are promptly evaluated by board-certified emergency medicine physicians and cardiac certified emergency nurses. Cardiologists are on call 24 hours-a-day. Patients requiring Medical Centerization will be admitted to the medical center's 19-bed intensive care unit or 40-bed telemetry unit.

Heart Health Assessment

A heart screening will include a:

• Review of lifestyle and tobacco use
• Test of cholesterol and glucose levels
• Screening for prediabetes, prehypertension, and metabolic syndrome
• Review of heart disease and medical history
• Blood pressure, heart rate and body mass index reading
• Consultation to review results and answer questions

The fee for a heart screening is $75. To schedule a Heart Health Assessment, please call 877-Holy-Name (465-9626).