The facilities of the NYU Cardiac & Vascular Institute span the entire NYU Medical Center campus, including the Hospitals Center and the School of Medicine.

The Institute is dedicated to enhancing physical space further, and creating state-of-the-art facilities through renovations and new construction.

• The Jean & David Blechman Cardiac & Vascular Center
• Cardiac and Vascular Research Center
• Cardiac and Vascular Interventional Laboratories
• Noninvasive Cardiology Laboratory
• Surgical Suites (Operating Rooms)
• Joan and Joel Smilow Cardiac Rehabilitation and Prevention Center

The Jean & David Blechman Cardiac & Vascular Center
A new home for New York's most advanced Cardiac & Vascular Care

The newly opened Jean and David Blechman Cardiac & Vascular Center serves as a central gateway to the many sophisticated diagnostic, treatment and support services offered by the NYU Cardiac & Vascular Institute. For far too long, care for patients with vascular or heart disease has been compartmentalized and fragmented. The NYU Cardiac and Vascular Institute is a service in which top quality patient care, cutting-edge research and world-renowned training programs all come together. The Blechman Cardiac & Vascular Center combines all cardiac and vascular medical specialists into a single continuum where all elements of the cardiac and vascular disease processes are addressed in a safe, personalized and comprehensive manner.

Patients at the Center are greeted by a friendly reception area from which all scheduling and admitting processes will take place. They proceed to an initial evaluation by a physician in one of our modern, comfortable examination rooms. Noninvasive diagnostic and treatment services are offered, while patients who require invasive or more extensive procedures will be directed to those services elsewhere at NYU Medical Center. The Blechman Cardiac & Vascular Center houses a patient and family education and resource center where families can have all their questions answered by knowledgeable staff.

At the Blechman Cardiac & Vascular Center, our goals are to provide every patient with personalized care, and access to the most advanced and comprehensive medical technologies and procedures available.

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Cardiac and Vascular Research Center

NYU has begun the construction of a new 13-story research building – the Joan and Joel Smilow Research Building. Two floors of state-of-the-art space will be dedicated to further enhancing NYU's programs in cardiovascular research. Recognizing the potential to make extraordinary advances in the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of cardiovascular disease, the Cardiac and Vascular Research Center will provide a coordinated approach to the work and funding of physician-scientists conducting cutting-edge research.

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Cardiac and Vascular Interventional Laboratories

As innovators in the field, the Interventional Laboratories at NYU Medical Center continue to provide the latest interventional cardiac and vascular procedures, and are frequently involved in major national clinical trials. Changes that are currently being implemented include the addition of a new area for patients awaiting or recovering from procedures, and extensive renovations to the laboratories – including all new state-of-the-art equipment.

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Noninvasive Cardiology Laboratory

The Noninvasive Cardiology Laboratory at NYU Medical Center is one of the busiest in the country. The lab performs more echocardiograms than any other center on the East Coast. Patients come to the lab from all over the world, and doctors send tapes and digital echocardiography files to our physicians for their expert interpretation. The Noninvasive Cardiology Laboratory also performs electrocardiography, stress testing (including thallium stress tests and stress echocardiography), and Holter monitoring (a means of obtaining a 24-hour electrocardiogram). The outpatient services of this lab will be housed in the new Jean & David Blechman Cardiac & Vascular Center when that facility opens in January 2003.

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Surgical Suites (Operating Rooms)

Our existing operating rooms enable us to provide quality cardiac and vascular surgery, but we are planning even more advanced space. With emerging technology and robotics playing an increasingly greater role in cardiovascular surgery, NYU Medical Center is planning to add two additional operating rooms in Tisch Hospital. These new operating rooms will be larger than the existing rooms, and will allow for greater access and facilitate the use of robotics and high-tech equipment.

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Joan and Joel Smilow Cardiac Rehabilitation and Prevention Center

The new Jean & David Blechman Cardiac & Vascular Center will be complemented by its proximity to the existing Joan and Joel Smilow Cardiac and Rehabilitation Center of the Rusk Institute of Rehabilitative Medicine, located on the 9th floor of the HCC building. This is the largest cardiac inpatient and outpatient rehabilitation and prevention program in the New York region. The Center is staffed by a multidisciplinary team of physicians, nurses, physical and occupational therapists, psychologists, recreational therapists, social workers, nutritionists, and exercise physiologists. Their goal is to get patients back to their normal activities as quickly as possible, and ensure that they maintain optimal cardiovascular health after they leave the Medical Center.

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