Heart Services at Duke
What Does It Take to Be One of the World’s Best Heart
Centers?
People come from all over the world to receive care at
Duke Heart Center -- consistently ranked among the top 10 heart
centers in the country by U.S.News & World
Report.
What makes Duke one of the best?
Scope: With more than 700 expert faculty
and staff, Duke Heart Center operates the world’s largest
cardiovascular MRI program, the country’s top congestive
heart failure program, the only program in the nation for
advanced coronary artery disease, and the largest heart
transplant, adult valvular disease, and congenital heart
disease programs in the Southeast.
Experience: Our clinical research program
houses the world’s largest and oldest database of heart
disease outcomes -- enabling Duke to provide care backed by
decades of experience and evidence.
Innovation: Duke is the birthplace of
major breakthroughs in heart care, including new approaches
to balloon angioplasty and heart imaging, and extensive
leadership in the introduction and improvement of
cardiovascular stents.
