Exceptional Care

If you're searching for the very best heart care with all the breakthrough technology science can offer, you need look no further than right here in our community at Mount Sinai Queens.

According to the American Heart Association, coronary heart disease is America's #1 killer, and we see high incidents of heart conditions in our communities. To answer our neighbors' pressing need for exceptional cardiology care, we have built a premiere program that takes care of you at every step.

Diagnosing Heart Disease

Mount Sinai Queens has technology-driven imaging capability provided in one convenient state-of-the-art non-invasive cardiology center that helps our experts diagnose heart disease in both outpatients and inpatients. We offer:

• All the necessary stress tests, including treadmill testing.
• Echocardiography, including Doppler and transesophageal echocardiography (TEE).
• Routine and 24-hour electrocardiogram (EKG) and Holter monitoring (which can be done an outpatient basis).
• Nuclear cardiology, which combined with our imaging tests can better diagnose and predict heart problems and the extent of coronary artery disease.
• The ability to seamlessly send patients to Mount Sinai Manhattan for the latest invasive diagnostic procedures including angiograms.

Treating Heart Disease

Once diagnosed, our cardiologists have a number of treatment options available to them-and to you-including:

• The expertise to manage heart patients with what is often the most powerful line of defense - the latest and most effective heart medicines.
• A program to implant pacemakers and defibrillators to monitor and correct abnormalities in the heart's rhythm.
• The ability to seamlessly send patients to Mount Sinai Manhattan for the latest surgical treatments including angioplasty with stents or other surgical interventions.
• A strong commitment from our cardiologists and physicians to provide careful and thorough medical follow-up for all surgical and medically managed patients.

When Heart Disease is an Emergency

Our excellent emergency department staff is well trained in all the latest thinking and protocols to handle patients presenting with heart disease, especially those in the critical early moments of a heart attack. Their swift and sure care includes:

• Evaluating which patients are best suited for clot-busting medications and administering them in a time-sensitive manner.
• Diagnosing for and transferring in a timely manner those patients who require the acute, mechanical interventions offered by Mount Sinai Hospital's 24-hour cardiac catheterization laboratory.
• Referring appropriate patients to the right physicians for regular cardiac care.

Exceptional Professionals

Our elite team of board-certified cardiologists, nurses and technologists work collaboratively for the health of your heart and with a focus on your unique history. Furthermore, we offer a roster of first-rate general physicians who provide routine care in easy collaboration with our specialists.

Our exceptional cardiology care is enriched by the world-renown expertise and resources of one of the premiere medical centers in the country, the Mount Sinai Hospital in Manhattan.

Prevention and Community Outreach

Fighting heart disease does not happen only within the walls of our hospital.  In addition to the education and preventive screenings that go on between individual patients and our doctors and nurses, our staff works to reach the community through preventive programs such as cholesterol and blood pressure screenings (important markers for heart health), programs on nutrition, weight management and smoking cessation (important heart-friendly lifestyle steps), and informative lectures.