Duke provides state-of-the-art cardiac care to help thousands of heart patients lead longer, healthier lives. Our decades of experience in caring for patients with heart disease have established Duke as one of the world's leading programs in cardiac care, research, and education.
- Over 700 faculty and staff members with over 100
board-certified cardiologists, cardiac surgeons, and cardiac
anesthesiologists
- One of the world’s leading cardiovascular clinical
research programs, including the Duke Clinical Research
Institute and Duke Databank for Cardiovascular Disease -- the
largest and oldest database of coronary artery disease
outcomes
- Serving as the analytic engine for the American College
of Cardiology’s National Cardiovascular Data Registry, the
Society of Thoracic Surgeons’s National Database, the CRUSADE
National Quality Improvement Initiative, and the American
Heart Association’s Get with the Guidelines initiative
- Top congestive heart failure program in the country
(based on volume, NIH and private funding, and
publications)
- First and longest-running post-CABG cardiac
rehabilitation practice in the country
- Largest cardiovascular MRI program in the world (based on
clinical volume and research funding)
- Largest cardiac transplant, congestive heart failure,
adult valvular, and congenital heart disease programs in the
Southeast
- Consistently ranked among the top heart programs in the
nation by U.S.News & World Report
- Home to major breakthroughs in cardiovascular care,
including the first perfusion balloon angioplasty catheter,
first realtime volumetric ultrasound system for 3-D heart
imaging, and introduction of the bioabsorbable coronary
stent
