Recent Posts in Heart Care

Sep 15, 2021 - In Heart Care Saint Barnabas Medical Center Names Bruce Haik, MD as Chief of Cardiology and Director of Cardiac Catheterization Lab

Bruce Haik, MD Bruce J. Haik, MD, FACC, FSCAI, has been named the Chief of the Division of Cardiology and Director of the Cardiac Catheterization Lab at Saint Barnabas Medical Center (SBMC) . A leader of the RWJBarnabas Health (RWJBH) Cardiac ...

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Sep 1, 2021 - In Heart Care Monmouth Medical Center Again Receives Get With The Guidelines-Heart Failure Gold Plus Quality Achievement Award

American Heart Association Award recognizes Monmouth Medical Center’s commitment to quality heart failure care Long Branch, NJ , September 1, 2021 ― Monmouth Medical Center has once again received the American Heart Association’s Get With The Guidelines ® ...

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Aug 12, 2021 - In Heart Care The COVID-Cardiac Connection

Caring for Your Heart Post-Infection It quickly became clear that COVID-19 is more than a lung disease. Although the virus is called severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), doctors and researchers noticed as early as December 2019 ...

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Aug 10, 2021 - In Heart Care Is It a Heart Attack or Panic Attack?

It's Essential to Let Experts Make the Call Lauren Trattner, DO Chest pain, shortness of breath, chills: Are these symptoms of a heart attack or a panic attack? The two can appear so similar that sometimes even health professionals can’t be sure which one ...

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Aug 5, 2021 - In Heart Care I Have Heart Disease. Should I Get the COVID-19 Vaccine?

Not only is it safe for cardiovascular patients to get any of the approved COVID-19 vaccines—it’s especially important that they do so, according to Partho Sengupta, MD, MBBS, FAAC , the newly appointed Chief of Cardiology at Robert Wood Johnson University ...

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Jul 27, 2021 - In Heart Care U.S. News & World Report Names Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital Among Best in New Jersey and New York Metropolitan Area

Rated High Performing in Nine Common Adult Conditions and Procedures, Specialties New Brunswick, NJ – July 27, 2021 – Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital (RWJUH), an RWJBarnabas Health facility, has been recognized as a Regional Best Hospital for ...

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Jul 26, 2021 - In Heart Care Protecting your Heart Before, During and After Cancer Treatment

Cardiac care is not likely the first thing on a patient’s mind when fighting cancer, however, cancer and cardiovascular issues are closely linked. Cardio-oncology is an emerging medical specialty focused on cardiac complications that may arise from cancer ...

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Jun 24, 2021 - In Heart Care A New State-of-the-art Imaging Test at Monmouth Medical Center Is Helping Doctors Diagnose and Monitor Cardiac Problems.

Upgraded MRI equipment allows cardiologist Ajay Shah, MD (shown seated with MRI supervisor Nicolas DeMonte, RT) to better assess the heart. Long Branch, NJ, June 24, 2021 – By now, you’ve probably heard that COVID-19 can wreak havoc on the heart. In a ...

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