Heartline Fall 2009
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More than 120 medical professionals came from as far away as California and Mississippi to attend Montefiore's annual "Success with Heart Failure" symposium. The goal of the day-long symposium was to bring together national leaders in the field to discuss best practices in clinical treatment and to provide a look at the future of care for our country's growing population of heart failure patients. 
INTERVENTIONAL CARDIOLOGY TEAM LAUNCHES HIGH-RISK PCI PROGRAM |
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Montefiore-Einstein Heart Center has launched a new Percutaneous Coronary Intervention (PCI) program across its Moses and Weiler campuses to help define and institute a new standard of care for its high- and extremely high-risk patients.
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WORLD RENOWNED PEDIATRIC HEART SURGEON JOINS MONTEFIORE |
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François Lacour-Gayet, MD, the new chief of the Division of Pediatric Cardiothoracic Surgery, co-director of the Pediatric Heart Center at Montefiore-Einstein Heart Center, and Professor of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, believes that a good heart program is at the heart of a good children's hospital. But good isn't good enough for Dr. Lacour-Gayet.
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CARING FOR PEDIATRIC HEARTS IN EL SALVADOR |
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In September, a team of 10 surgeons, cardiologists, physician assistants and operating room nurses from Montefiore-Einstein Heart Center joined others from around the world at the Benjamin Bloom Children's Hospital in San Salvador. They donated their time and expertise to perform 50 pediatric cardiac surgeries and pediatric interventional catheterizations, train local staff and deliver much needed medical equipment.
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QUALITY INITIATIVES IN CARDIOTHORACIC SURGERY IMPROVE PATIENT OUTCOMES |
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It's often said that "what gets measured gets done." That's why non-profit organizations such as the National Quality Forum (NQF) have established national standards to monitor cardiac surgery practices. But improving quality-and sustaining those standards over time-takes a lot more than a set of guidelines or metrics.
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