Why Choose Hackensack Meridian Health for Heart Care
Excellence
Our award-winning team of renowned surgeons, physicians, researchers and specialists have extensive experience in minimally invasive heart surgery, combination open-heart procedures, and many other complex surgical heart procedures.
Quality
Our heart experts perform New Jersey's most successful minimally invasive heart surgeries. Hackensack Meridian Health has more U.S. News & World Report-ranked hospitals than any other system in NJ, including the best Cardiology & Heart Surgery program in NJ. Our hospitals are also ranked as High Performing in the U.S. in several areas of care, including Heart Attack, Aortic Valve Surgery, Heart Bypass Surgery and Heart Failure.
Patient Experience
Every member of our multidisciplinary team shares the same goal: to return you to health as quickly as possible, with the best possible outcomes, and to provide you with a compassionate, friendly environment close to home.
Our Heart Experts
Our award-winning team of renowned surgeons, physicians, researchers and other health care specialists are able to provide exceptional cardiac expertise, advancements and cutting-edge technology to develop a highly-personalized plan for each and every one of our patients.
Heart Care Services
- Advanced Cardiac Imaging
- Angioscreen
- Atrial Fibrillation
- Cardiac Catheterization
- Cardiac MRI
- Cardiac Rehabilitation
- Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy
- Cardiac Stress Test
- Cardio-Oncology
- Cardiogenic Shock Management
- Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Surgery
- CT Calcium Scoring
- Echocardiogram
- Electrophysiology
- Heart Failure
- HeartFlow Analysis
- Screenings, Prevention and Diagnostics
- Heart Surgery Options
- Hypertension
- Left Ventricular Assist Device (LVAD)
- MitraClip
- Pacemaker Implantation
- Pulmonary Hypertension
- Robotic Heart Surgery
- Structural and Congenital Heart Disease
- TAVR
- TCAR Procedure
- Valve Surgery
- Vascular Care
- Watchman
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