The Heart Center at Torresdale

At the Torresdale Heart Center, we believe in a careful, stepwise approach to identifying and caring for heart disease.  Matching patients with the appropriate level of care as quickly as possible is the goal. 

That requires a high level of precision in diagnosis and the most knowledgeable
selection of therapies or treatments.  Conservative care through medical and lifestyle treatment is always our preference when possible and safe for patients.  This approach spares patients surgery, catheter-based interventional treatments, and other invasive treatment steps.

Our medical cardiologists have a high level of expertise in determining which patients are best suited for this noninvasive approach to care.  Improvements in testing, cardiac medications, knowledge about lifestyle adjustments, and cardiac rehabilitation, have permitted more patients to stabilize and improve their heart health with conservative care.

On your first visit at the Heart Center, our medical cardiology team will take your medical history and will perform a physical examination.  Whenever you visit our center, your appointment will include recording your vital signs and listening to your heart with a stethoscope.

In collaboration with our interventional cardiologists, and when necessary our cardiothoracic surgeons or cardiac electrophysiologists, your medical cardiologist will determine what additional diagnostic procedures you need and whether the results of these evaluations indicate that you need direct intervention or may safely embark on a course of drug therapy, lifestyle changes, or other conservative steps alone.  Your medical cardiologist will then continue to manage or help manage your care, monitoring your condition, your drug regimen, and any need for further treatment.

Whether you receive surgery, catheter intervention, or conservative care only, your medical cardiologist will be a source of ongoing follow-up to help you understand and keep a prudent watch on your heart health.  Your medical cardiologist can help you establish the program of care best suited to your condition.