Comprehensive Care at Every Stage of Heart Failure
Penn's Heart Failure Program is an innovative approach to treating heart failure designed to provide a seamless continuum of care from early-prevention strategies to end-stage options.
- A multispecialty team including some of the nation's finest cardiologists and cardiovascular surgeons, as well as specialists in cardiac imaging, pulmonary medicine, diabetes and rehabilitation medicine. Their experience spans the breadth and depth of heart failure care.
- The Heart Failure Program is closely integrated with the Mechanical-Assist Device Program and Heart Transplantation Program to offer a complete continuum of care as patients disease evolves.
- Penn has a dedicated team of certified heart failure nurses* who have specialized knowledge and training in heart failure care. This specialization in care leads to improved quality of life and a better life expectancy for heart failure patients.
This continuum of care allows patients to manage the full range of health problems that result from their disease without visits to multiple doctors at various locations.
Treatments Ranging from Early-Prevention Strategies to End-Stage Options
The bottom line objective for every patient in Penn's heart failure program is to improve both quality of life and longevity with an emphasis on:
- Early identification and control of risk factors.
- Advanced interventions for mid-stage heart failure.
- New hope for end-stage heart failure with the latest options in drug therapy, medical management, mechanical circulatory support (through the Mechanical-Assist Device Program), and for qualifying patients, transplantation (through the Heart Transplantation Program).
Treatment options include:
- Drug therapy
- Pacing devices
- Implantable defibrillators
- Coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG)
- Heart valve repair or replacement
- Left ventricular reduction and cardiac remodeling
- Mechanical circulatory support devices such as heart jackets, ventricular-assist devices and total artificial hearts (through the Mechanical-Assist Device Program)
- Heart transplantation (through the heart transplantation program)
* The American Association of Heart Failure Nurses
Need an appointment? Request one online 24 hours/day, 7 days/week or call 800-789-PENN (7366) to speak to a referral counselor.
