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We Help You Keep Your Heart Healthy
NYC Health + Hospitals knows that excellent heart health is often within your total control. We carefully evaluate our patients’ heart health and then offer patient education on lifestyle changes and medications to keep you healthy, active, and feeling great, because we care about keeping all New Yorkers heart conscious.
The American Heart Association recommends heart-health monitoring prevention early in life. This means working with your wellness team at NYC Health + Hospitals to keep your risk factors for heart disease low.
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Heart Disease
Heart disease may include coronary artery disease, problems with heart rhythm, heart defects you may have been born with, or other illnesses. Many are almost entirely preventable with lifestyle changes and with medications designed to lower cholesterol and triglycerides. Surgical options are also available when needed.
Best of all, we’re in every borough, so helping you stay well and feeling your best is convenient. We have appointments and extended hours that fit your busy schedule, with a full wellness team helping you from your very first visit at one of our neighborhood health centers.
How We Care For You
Diet, exercise, and comprehensive screenings can keep your heart strong throughout your life. NYC Health + Hospitals gives you high-quality preventive care you need to keep you and your heart healthy. Our highly trained heart specialists, advanced technology, and prescriptions also provide you with the best medical choices to prevent or treat many conditions, including:
- High blood pressure
- High cholesterol and triglycerides
- Long-term heart failure
- Heart defects
- Diseases of the veins and arteries
Promoting Healthy Hearts
NYC Health + Hospitals knows how important a healthy lifestyle is for your heart. That’s why we’re dedicated to the programs and services that do it. We have services that advise you how to:
- Increase how often you exercise
- Quit smoking
- Stick to a healthy diet
- Control high blood pressure
- Learn more about your heart
- Prevent heart attacks and strokes
NYC Health + Hospitals provides high quality health care to all New Yorkers, regardless of their ability to pay. But we’ll also help you find health insurance if you need it. Click here to learn more about MetroPlus, our affordable and comprehensive health insurance plan.
Contact Us
NYC Health + Hospitals provides preventive and advanced heart care at all of our hospitals and neighborhood health centers. We have full wellness teams in every borough with extended hours that fit your busy schedule, dedicated to serving you and your family from the very first visit. Learn more about our extended hours.