Preventative cardiovascular care

According to the American Heart Association, nearly half of all U.S. adults have cardiovascular disease. One in five will be readmitted to the hospital for a second heart attack within five years of their first. But it’s possible to prevent—and potentially reverse—heart disease by effectively managing your risk factors. Our preventive cardiology specialists can help you take control of your heart health.

At our clinic, you’ll have the full support of the Penn Medicine Cardiology team, collaborating with specialists from 16 heart subspecialty clinics, including interventional cardiology, electrophysiology, and heart failure. Together, we’ll work to be sure all your cardiovascular needs are met, no matter how complex.

We offer a wide range of services, whether you’re looking to understand your risk for cardiovascular disease or need help managing it and finding the best treatment. Through our comprehensive program, we assess your heart disease risk factors and develop an individualized plan to reduce or eliminate them. If you have a family history of heart disease, we provide the necessary care to help you optimize your health. Our team of physicians, advanced practice providers, and dietitians use the latest technologies to effectively manage your cardiovascular risk.

Preventive cardiology services

From individualized nutritional counseling to advanced diagnostics and innovative treatments, we have comprehensive heart and vascular health resources—all conveniently located across the southeastern Pennsylvania and New Jersey regions.

We’re one of the few practices in the nation to offer on-site low-density lipoprotein (LDL) lipid apheresis, a treatment that filters your blood to remove LDL cholesterol. It’s for people with extremely high cholesterol who don’t respond to or can’t tolerate cholesterol-lowering medications. If you’ve inherited familial hypercholesterolemia (FH), which can be difficult to detect, our expertise in FH treatment helps us catch and manage genetic high cholesterol early, leading to better outcomes.

Our program also offers:

• Comprehensive lipid (cholesterol and triglyceride) management
• Coronary artery calcium scanning, a noninvasive test for the early detection of coronary artery disease
• Clinical genetic testing to refine the risk of heart attack

Managing your heart health through prevention

Education is at the heart of our preventive cardiology care. We empower you to manage your risk factors by guiding you through your personalized heart disease prevention plan. Step by step, we help you reach your health goals and prevent future heart problems.

We offer:

• Familial hypercholesterolemia counseling
• Lifestyle modification, including exercise and nutrition
• Lipid apheresis treatment
• Medication therapy, such as infusions, antibody drugs, and interfering RNA drugs
• Risk assessment and testing, including calcium scoring, hs-CRP, and lipoprotein(a)
• Risk factor education through videos and in-person counseling
• Specialized support for people with cholesterol medication intolerance

Setting the standard for prevention

At Penn Medicine, our team of doctors and nurse practitioners are dedicated to preventing cardiovascular disease. As certified lipidologists and members of the National Lipid Association, our team stays at the forefront of research and treatments. We offer evidence-based care for cholesterol management and other preventive strategies so that you receive the best possible outcome.

Our involvement in heart and vascular clinical trials gives you access to the latest medications, including treatments for genetic disorders resistant to other cholesterol therapies. We also play a key role in shaping national guidelines for managing high cholesterol, blood pressure, and cardiovascular diseases. Through consultations, research, and training the next generation of physicians, we contribute to advancing the field.