Your heart is in good hands

Minutes matter

YNHH leads the charge to reduce response time in
the treatment of
cardiac emergencies.
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Yale-New Haven Chest Pain Center

The Chest Pain Center is staffed 24/7 by a team trained in spotting and treating low-moderate risk patients for acute coronary syndrome.
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Back on the path to health

A good cardiac rehab program can make all the difference in your recovery from a heart condition.
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How the Heart Works

Learn more about how the heart operates and how you can keep it healthy on our How the Heart Works page.

Why YNHH?

Experience, innovation, resources, patient satisfaction ... just a few of the reasons why YNHH should be your first choice for cardiac care.
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As the largest provider of heart and vascular services in the state, Yale-New Haven Heart and Vascular Center (YNHVC) is dedicated to the human heart and vascualr system in all of its complexities. YNHVC offers a comprehensive array of clinical cardiovascular services and facilities — adult and pediatric cardiac operating rooms; catheterization laboratories; rhythm management facilities; advanced imaging services including nuclear, CT and MRI; and a Chest Pain Center.

Heart disease specialists at Yale-New Haven Heart and Vascular Center have been leaders in developing new cardiac diagnostic tools and treatment methods. Since the early 1940s and ’50s, when cardiology began to emerge as the first real subspecialty within internal medicine and open heart surgery first became possible, Yale-New Haven Heart and Vascular Center has been at the forefront of cardiac clinical care, research and technology.

Virtually all cardiac procedures currently available worldwide are performed at YNHHVC. Yale-New Haven Heart and Vascular Center’s cardiac services are consistently listed among the best in the nation by U.S. News and World Report and are regularly recognized among the top 100 U.S. hospitals for cardiac care in national studies conducted by Thomson Reuters.

Yale-New Haven Heart and Vascular Center physicians are known for their diagnostic and treatment skills and success in performing the most delicate and technically demanding procedures. These physicians have been recognized time and again for their outstanding achievements in the treatment of high-risk cardiac patients, their use of state-of-the-art techniques and their cutting-edge clinical research. Several of these physicians have been named amon New York magazine's "Best Doctors."

Not only do we and our patients benefit from our affiliation with Yale University and its School of Medicine, but our medical staff is enriched with a broad base of dedicated community cardiologists and cardiac surgeons who share in our mission.

Thousands of patients have led longer and better quality lives because of the emergency care and medical and surgical treatment options available at Yale-New Haven Heart and Vascular Center.

James Brink, MD
Chief Diagnoistic Radiology

John Elefteriades, MD
Section Chief Cardiothoracic Surgery

Michael Simons, MD
Section Chief Cardiovascular Medicine

Bauer Sumpio, MD
Section Chief Vascular Surgery

Mariane Carna, RN, MSN
Executive Director

Cardiovascular Medicine Program

Cardiovascular Medicine Program
Interventional Cardiology
Electrophysiology
Yale Congestive Heart Failure Program
Yale-New Haven Adult Congenital Heart Program
Pediatric Cardiology
Chest Pain Center
Women's Heart Program

Cardiothoracic Surgery

Vascular Surgery/Endovascular Interventions

Vascular Surgery and Endovascular Interventions Program
Abdominal Aortic Aneuryism Repair
Peripheral Vascular Surgery and Endovascular Revascularization
Lower Extremity Endovascular Intervention
Carotid Artery Surgery and Endovascular Intervention
Renovascular Surgery and Endovascular Intervention
Endovascular Maintenance of Hemodialysis Access
Venous Disease
Visceral Vascular Disease

Noninvasive Cardiovascular Imaging